10 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



sides of which have a silvery appearance ; the sides also 

 are slightly impressed above the posterior angles. Ely- 

 tra wider than the thorax at the base^ \videst behind the 

 middle ; sides slightly sinuate below the shoulders, swel- 

 ling out slightly behind the middle, and then converging 

 in nearly straight lines to the apex, which is emarginate 

 and bidentate ; disk largely and deeply punctate -striate, 

 each elytron with four elevated ridges. Underside and 

 legs punctured, covered with an ashy pubescence. 



Length 3^-5 lines; breadth 1-2 lines. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



Gen. ASTHRyEUS, Laporte and Gory. 



(Stigmodeea, j9ars, Hope.) 

 1. AsTHK^us Samouelli, (PI. I. fig. 12). 



Stigmodera Samouelli, (Hope, Bupr. p. 6) . 



''Thorace bronzeo, marginibus violaceis ; elytris purpu- 

 rascentibus, flavostictis. Corpore subtus violaceo.^' 

 (Hope) . 



Head green in front, purple-brown on the vertex. 

 Thorax i^urple-brown, sides (especially near the anterior 

 angles) violaceous. Elytra purple-black, each with five 

 flavous spots, one at the base near the suture, two placed 

 abreast just below it, the exterior one touching the lateral 

 margin ; below these is a band touching the lateral mar- 

 gin but not the suture, and midway between this and the 

 apex is an oval spot. Underside and legs cyaneous. 

 Antennae purple-black. Tips of the tibite, and the first 

 joint of the tarsi, flavous. 



Head punctured, hairy, with a slightly elevated dorsal 

 line. Thorax not quite tmce as broad as long, anterior 

 margin nearly straight, two-thirds the length of the 

 base ; sides slightly curved ; base largely bisinuate, with 

 a narrow median lobe ; disk punctured, hairy, the punc- 

 tures on the sides rather larger. Elytra two-thirds as 

 long again as wide, deeply punctate-striate, sides 

 rounded, apices divergent, each armed with a long 

 sutural spine, and a short one on the posterior margin 

 ju.st above it. Underside punctured, with a few scattered 

 hairs. 



Length 5 lines ; breadth 2| lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



