BY W. MACLEAY, .TUN., ESQ. 23 



The under surface and legs are brassy, witli the exception of the 

 belly, which is fulvoas ; the whole is punctate, and sparingly 

 covered with a very short white pubescence. 



2. — Stigmodera violacea. 

 ^neo-violacea, capite profundc canaliculate, thorace punctate 

 linea dorsali plagaque basali utrinque la3vibus, scutello 

 jBueo, elytris punctato-sulcatis postice unidentatis macula 

 rotundata utrinque prope scatellum linea humerali fascitx- 

 que media subapicalique flavis. 

 Long. 7| liu., lat. 2f lin. 

 Hab. Port Denison. 

 The whole insect is of a purplish brassy hue, the head is 

 punctured, and deeply cleft in the middle ; the thorax is closely 

 punctured all over, with the excej)tion of a narrow medial line, 

 which is somewhat impressed near the base, and a small, some- 

 what triangular patch resting on the base on each side, about 

 half-way between the dorsal line and the lateral margins ; the 

 scutellum is smooth and shining, the elytra are sulcate, or deeply 

 striate, and punctured all over ; the apex is unidentated with a 

 small oblique truncation towards the suture. There is a round 

 yellow spot at the base, on each side of the suture, and a short 

 marginal posthumeral vitta of the same colour, two fascias extend- 

 ing from the sides to within a short distance of the sutm-e, one 

 medial, the other subapical are also yellow. The under surface, 

 which is of the same color as the upper, only more brilliant, is 

 punctured and clothed with a thin, short, white pubescence. 



3. — Stigmodeea rufipes. 



Nigro-aenea, capite flavo-lineato, thorace punctate lateribus 

 maculaque basali media parva la3vi flavis, elytris flavis striato- 

 punctatis postice unidentatis macula humerali semicirculari 

 basi sutura fascia media apiceque nigro-violaceis, corpore 

 subtus flavo segmentoi'um abdominalium marginibus pos- 

 ticis maculisque lateralibus viridibus, femoribus i*ufis, tarsis 

 cyaneis. 



Long., 5| lin., lat. 2 lin. 



Hab. Port Denison. 

 The head, which is of a brassy black, is punctured, and the 



