82 Mr. F. J. S. Parry's Description and Notes 



Sp. 7. Pygora lenocinia, Dupont (Madagascar). (PI. XI. fig. 8.) 

 For description of, vide Dr. Burmeister's Handbucli der Ento- 

 mologie and Silberman's Revue Entomologique. 



I have been tempted by the extreme beauty and rarity of this 

 insect to introduce it here, accompanied by a figure, which I 

 beheve has not hitherto been published, and certainly its interest- 

 ing form and splendid attire fully entitle it to your notice. Dr. 

 Burmeister in his work mentions four species of the same group, 

 all from Madagascar and very scarce. 



Sp. 8. Clintena pantherina, Parry, n. sp. (PI. XI. fig. 9.) 



C. purpureo-cuprea, supra opaca, pronoti punctis sex triangulo 

 positis ; elytrorum plurimis sparsis ; abdomine subtus nitido, 

 seriebus duabus macularum, pygidio rufescenti maculato. 



Habitat Ceylon. 



This species is allied to C. Mcerens of Gory, &c., but is suf- 

 ficiently distinct, according to Dr. Burmeister's description of it, 

 to form a new species. 



Genus Stigmodera. 



Sub-Genus nov. Metaxymorpha, Parry (/xfra^u, between, 

 fjLopfr], form). 



Sp. 9. Metaxymorpha Grayi'i, n. sp. Parry (N. Holland). 

 (PI. XI. fig. 7.) 



Atro-violacea, cyanea ; thorace punctato, valde convexo, baud 

 sulcato, postice punctis duobus profundis ; elytris concolori- 

 bus, striis duodecim rugoso-punctatis, lateribus externis 

 rubro sanguineo late limbatis apicem 3-dentatis ; prosterno 

 magno protenso et conico ; antennis pedibusque cyaneis seneis, 

 scutello magno rotundato. 



Long. corp. lin. 15, lat. corp. lin. 6. 



I am unacquainted with the exact locality of this new and 

 interesting addition to our Australian Fauna. It was lately re- 

 ceived by me in a small collection from that country, in which 

 were also specimens of that splendid insect Calodema Kirbii, so 

 that probably it is to be found in the same locality. 



Not only is this new species remarkable for its form and colour, 

 but is especially interesting as forming an important connecting 

 link between the other Australian species of Stigmodera and the 



