Australian Buprestidce. 23 



Gen. STIGMODERA, Eschscholtz. 



(Stigmodera ; Bupkestis, pars ; Conognatha, pars ; 

 Hope.) 



1. Stigmodeea maculariAj (PI. I. fig. 25). 



Buprestis macularia, Don. Ins. N. Holl. i>«-pr. pl.ii.fig. 2. 

 Stigmodera macularia, (Hope, Bupr. p. 1) ; L. & G. ii. 

 8 tig. 8, pi. i. fig. 4. 

 Hab. Australia. 



2. Stigmodera Gorii, (PI. I. fig. 26) . 



Stigmodera Gorii, (Hope, Bupr. p. 1) . S. Goryi, L. & G. 

 ii. Stig. 7, pi. i. fig. 3. 

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



" Aurantia, tliorace seneo punctato quasi vermibus eroso, 

 elytris flavis punctis impressis confluentibus atris. 

 Corpus subtus atro-aeneum cinereisque cajDillis obsi- 

 tum.^' (Hope) . 



Head, thorax, scutellum, underside, legs, and antennse, 

 aeneous-black. Elytra testaceous. 



Head deeply punctured, with an impressed line be- 

 tween the eyes, and a few scattered white hairs in front. 

 Thorax three-quarters as broad again as long ; anterior 

 margin slightly produced, half as long as the base ; sides 

 rounded above the middle; base slightly lobed; disk 

 deeply punctured, the punctures very irregular and 

 grouped together so as to give the surface a worm-eaten 

 appearance, puncturation larger on the sides. Elytra three- 

 quarters as long again as wide ; sides converging from be- 

 low the middle ; apex of each bidentate ; the entire surface 

 scattered over with large punctures, which are some- 

 what arranged in lines near the suture, but very irregular 

 on the sides. Underside and legs punctured, the former 

 covered with long white hairs, the hairs on the latter 

 shorter. 



Length 16 lines ; breadth 6 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



S. Curtisii has the puncturation of the thorax so faint 

 as to give it a smooth and scarcely worm-eaten appear- 

 ance. 



