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various Coleopterous Insecis from New Holland. 283 
[Read 2d March, 1846.] 
Fam. SERRICORNIA. 
BupRESTID&. 
Genus STIGMODERA. 
Sp. 1. St. Smaragdina, Hope. 
Viridis, antennis atris; thorace aurato-punctulato ; elytris con- 
coloribus, fortiter insculptis, marginibus externis cyaneis. 
Corpus subtus auratum, nitidum, segmentis abdominis levi- 
bus, femoribus viridibus, tibiis cyaneis, tarsisque piceis infra 
ciliato-spongiosis, 
Long. corp. lin. 9. 
Habitat in Nova Hollandia. 
In Mus. Dom. Hope. 
Sp. 2. St. Xanthopilosa, Hope. 
Affinis 10-maculate, at longior ; elytris vix thorace latioribus ; 
atro-violacea, thorace roseo-zeneo et punctulato. Elytra 
flavo-marginata, striata, striis punctatis, maculis quatuor 
luteis ; prima prope ad scutellum subrotundata, secunda fere 
oblonga, tertia parum transversa, ultima in apice minori. 
Corpus infra argentea lanugine obsitum; pedesque vio- 
lacei. 
Long. corp. lin. 7. 
This beautiful species is from Adelaide. 
Sp. 3. Sé. Vegeta, Hope. 
Lete cyanea, antennis concoloribus, thorace punctulato. Elytra 
violacea, fasciis tribus flavis fere ad suturam terminata ; 
prima irregulari ad basin posita e humeris ad latera extensa, 
secunda latiori fere media, tertiaque minori. Corpus infra 
leete cyaneum, pedibus concoloribus. 
Long. corp. lin. 43. 
In Mus. Dom. Hope. 
From Adelaide. 
Sp. 4. Sé. colorata, Hope. 
Affinis flavo-picte, Gory, at latior. Viridis, thorace eyaneo, 
elytris flavis, maculis duabus violaceis e humeris ad medium 
disci descendentibus, macula tertia media parva concolori 
