28 DESCRIPTION OF NEW BUPRESTID^, 



the apex the sides at^e indistinctly serrated, and there is a small 

 notch at the sutural angle which may be considered to form a 

 minute bidentation. The legs and whole under surface are green, 

 with the exception of the belly which is of a purplish yellow. 

 12. — Stigmodera quadeiguttata. 



Nigro-JBuea capite canaliculato, thorace subtiliter punctato linea 

 dorsali impresso, elytris postice bidentatis subtiliter puncta- 

 tis sulcatis testaceis guttis duabus lateralibus apiceque 

 nigris. 

 Long. 4 lin., lat. 1\ lin. 

 Hab. Port Denison. 

 The head, thorax, and scutellum are of a brassy black hue, 

 the first of these is canaliculate in front and punctured, the thorax 

 is finely puuc' iired with the dorsal line distinctly impressed, the 

 scutellum is also impressed. The elytra are finely punctured, 

 deeply striated, and of a testaceous colour with two small round 

 black spots on each lateral margin, (one a little before, the other 

 a little behind the middle) ; the apex is also black and is bidenta- 

 ted, the dentations are at the sutural angle and rather close 

 together, the exterior one is the longest. 



The under surface is of an uniform brassy black with a little 

 short whitish pubescence. 



13. — Stigmodera trigdttata. 

 ^ueo-viridis capite profunde impresso, thorace punctato postice 

 in medio impresso, elytris postice bidentatis punctatis 

 striatis testaceis macula suturali pone medium guttula 

 utrinque apiceque nigris. 

 Long. 3| lin., lat. 1^ lin. 

 Hab. Port Denisoa. 

 The head and thorax are of a brilliant metallic green, and 

 closely punctured ; the former has the face deeply and broadly 

 impressed, the latter has the dorsal line deeply marked near the 

 base; the scutellum is also punctured, impressed, and of a green 

 colour. The elytra, wliich are bidentated at the apex much in 

 the same way as in the last species, are punctured, striated, and of 

 a testaceous colour, with a spot on the suture about one-third 

 from the apex, a small spot on each side, and the apex black. 

 The under surface is entirely green. 



