26 DESCRIPTION OF NEW BUPRESTID^, 



7. — Stigmodera gibbosa. 

 ^neo-viridis capite late impresso, thorace gibbo punctato 

 sanguineo maculis duabus semicircularibus discalibus viridi- 

 bus, scutello viridi-£eneo medio impresso, elytris postice 

 bidentatis striato-punctatis flavis extus subsanguineis 

 liumeris guttula discali gutta laterali macula suturali 

 subapicali apiceque extreme viridibus, ventre sanguineo. 

 Long. 5 lin.jlat. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Port Denison. 

 Head dark brassy green, pointed, broadly impressed in front 

 and punctured ; thorax deep blood red, with two green semicir- 

 cular spots in the centre, it is elevated gradually across the middle 

 and is covered with punctures, the scutellum, which is green, has a 

 few punctures or impressions in the middle. The elytra are striated 

 punctated, and yellow, with a blood-red lateral and apical margin ; 

 the basal margin, the shoalders, a small spot near the centre, 

 a larger one near the side and behind the centre, and another on 

 the suture near the apex, and the extreme point of the apex are 

 green ; two teeth terminate each elytron, the exterior one longest. 

 The legs mesothorax and metathorax are green, the remainder of 

 the under surface is sanguineous. 



8. — Stigmodera carinata. 

 Nigro-senea capite late impresso, thorace subtiliter punctato 

 dorso subcanaliculato, elytris ad suturam carinatis striatis 

 punctatis I'ufis subsericeis sutura fasciis duabus apiceque 

 nigro-cyaneis, corpore subtus viridi pubesceute. 

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

 Hab. Port Denison. 

 Brassy black ; the head punctured ; the frontal impression 

 broad but not deep ; the thorax is densely covered with fine 

 punctures ; the dorsal is line slightly but distinctly canaliculate ; 

 the scutellum is rather deeply impressed in the middle. The 

 elytra are punctate and striated with a distinct elevated line on 

 each side near the suture, they are of a silky dark red colour, 

 with the suture, two fascias, and the apex dark blue, the latter 

 part is rounded and almost without a trace of dentation. The 

 whole under surface is green, thinly clothed with a short white 

 pubescence. 



