252 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Stigmodera ruhricauda, n. sp. 



Capite nigro, punctato, hirsute, inter oculos impresso. 

 Thorace nigro, punctate, convexo, lateribus rotundatis, 

 linea dorsali Ifevi. Elytris punctato-striatis, flavis, postice 

 sanguineis, base extrema, apice, suturaque post medium, 

 nigris. Subtus viridi-eenea; abdomine flavo, punctato. 



Head, thorax and scutellum black. Elytra testaceous, 

 sanguineous about the apex, which itself is narrowly black, 

 this colour extending along the suture to beyond the 

 middle. The base also is narrowly margined with black. 

 Beneath of thorax, breast and legs, bronzy-green ; abdo- 

 men flavous. 



Head covered with rather long recurved hairs, punc- 

 tured, impressed between the eyes. Thorax with the 

 anterior margin slightly raised and produced in the middle, 

 sides rounded, base widely and shallowly lobed, very 

 deeply sinuate near each angle. Surface largely and 

 deeply punctured, disc with a somewhat raised smooth 

 dorsal line; there is a very small round fovea just above 

 each of the basal sinuations. Elytra punctate-striate, 

 tAvice as long as wide, sides subparallel till beyond the 

 middle, rounded posteriorly to the apex, which is bluntly 

 pointed. Beneath and legs punctured. 



Length 9 lin.; breadth 3j lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



Should precede YarrelUi, L. & G. 



Stigmodera unicincta, n. sp. PI. VI. fig. 7. 



Caput viride, hirsutum, inter oculos impressum, punc- 

 tatum. Thorax viridis, punctatus, convexus, raargine 

 anteriore elevata, lateribus rotundatis late flavis, base 

 subrecta linea doi'sali impressa. Elytra punctato-striata 

 flava, fascia post medium apiceque cyaneis ; lateribus 

 sub humeros sinuatis, apicibus rotundatis. Subtus cyaneo- 

 viridis, punctata; abdominis apice flava. 



Head and thorax green, the latter with the sides 

 widely flavous, especially at the base. Elytra flavous, 

 with their extreme base, a rather narrow band behind 

 the middle, and the apex, cyaneous. The colour of the 

 apex joins the band along the lateral margin. Beneath, 



