22 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Gen. CASTALIA^ Laporte and Gory. 



(Strigopteba, 2^ars, Hope.) 



1. Castalia bimaculata, (PL I. fig. 24). 



Buprestis himaculata, Oliv. Ent. ii. 88, pi. xii. fig. 140. 



8trigoptera himaculata, (Hope, Bupr. p. 11). 



Castalia himaculata, L. & G. ii. Gas. 2, pi. i. fig. 1. 



Hab. Australia. 



Gen. CALODEMA, Laporte and Gory. 



(StigmodebAj pars, Hope, olim.) 



1. Calodema eegalis, (PL IV. fig. 9). 



Stigmodera Kirhii, (Hope, Bupr. p. 2) . 



Stigmodera regalis, L. & G. ii. 8tig. 71, pi. xvi. fig. 88. 



Calodema Kirhii, Hope, Col. Man. iii. 173, fig. frontisp. 



" Flava ; tfiorace viridi, maculis duabus ovalibus pu- 

 niceis fossulisque binis in medio disci jjositis ; elytris 

 flavis, marginibus internis viridibus. Corpus infra 

 viride splendidum, annulis abdominis utrinque flavo- 

 maculatis.''^ (Hope) . 



Head and thorax shining green ; the latter with the 

 dorsal line slightly darker, and an ovate longitudinal red 

 spot on each side near the lateral margin. Scutellum 

 green. Elytra flavous, with the suture, the posterior 

 lateral margins, and four fine lines on each, black. Un- 

 derside and legs green, shining ; the thorax with a spot 

 on each side as on its upper surface, and each of the last 

 three segments of the abdomen with a small yellow spot 

 on each side. 



Head deeply punctured with a slightly impressed 

 dorsal line. Thorax three-quarters as broad again as 

 long ; anterior margin three-fifths the length of the 

 base, slightly produced in its centre, and very much so 

 at its angles ; sides diverging rapidly till about the 

 middle, then slightly curved to the posterior angles j 

 base with a deep narrow median lobe ; disk finely punc- 

 tured, the puncturation of the sides deeper and larger, 

 especially near the posterior angles. Elytra nearly twice 

 as long as wide, finely punctured, the punctures arranged 

 in irregular rows ; sides slightly rounded ; apex of each 

 sub-bidentate. Underside finely punctured, the legs 

 with a few scattered hairs. 



Length 19 lines ; breadth 7 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



