ne^v species of Buprestidce. 25§ 



legs, and antennee greenish blue, the last segment of 

 the abdomen entirely, the two next, with the exception 

 of their hinder margins, and a spot on each side of the 

 first, flavous. 



Head punctured, impressed between the eyes, covered 

 with recurved grey hairs. Thorax convex, punctured, 

 with an impressed dorsal line ; anterior margin raised ; 

 sides much rounded, base nearly straight. Elytra punc- 

 tate-striate, very slightly broader than the thorax ; sides 

 sinuate below the shoulders; apex rounded. Beneath 

 and legs punctured, covered with grayish hairs. 



Length 8^ lin.; breadth 3j lin. 



Hah. — Adelaide. 



Should follow Yarrellu, L. & G. 



Stigmodera Duboidayi, n. sp. PL VI. fig. 5. 



Caput aureo-viride. Thorax roseo-cupreus, nitidus, 

 punctatus; lateribus flavis. Scutellum feneum. Elytra 

 striata-punctata, flava, base viride, fascia abbreviata sub 

 humeros, fascia lata infra medium, apiceque late cyaneis. 

 Subtus punctata, flava; prosterno pectorisque medio 

 cupreis ; pedibus, marginibusque posticis abdominis 

 viridibus. 



Head golden green. Thorax rosy copper colour, with 

 a greenish tint in front; sides, from the anterior margin 

 almost to the base flavous. Scutellum bronzy. Elytra 

 flavous, base narrowly dark green, with an abbreviated 

 band on each below the base, much narrowed at the 

 lateral margin, and produced in its upper corner towards 

 the suture, a broad band suddenly widening at the mar- 

 gins below the middle, and the apex widely, cyaneous. 

 Beneath flavous, presternum and the middle of the breast 

 coppery. Antennas, legs, a spot on the first abdominal 

 segment, and the posterior margins of the three next, 

 green. 



Head elongate, pointed, punctured, with an impressed 

 line on the vertex. Thorax shining, finely punctured ; 

 anterior margin produced in the middle and at the angles ; 

 sides rounded, base very slightly bisinuate, a little more 

 than twice as broad as the anterior margin ; disc with a 

 very faint dorsal line. Elytra finely punctured, regularly 



