A'UstraUan B^ipresUdce. 25 



Head deeply punctured, liaiiy, with an elevated 

 smooth dorsal line on the vertex. Thorax twice as 

 broad at the base as long ; anterior margin nearly- 

 straight, half as long as the base j sides rounded ; base 

 almost straight; disk very strongly punctured, sides 

 almost rugose. Elytra three-quarters as long again as 

 wide; sides straight for a little more than half their 

 length, then converging to the apex, which is slightly 

 pointed ; disk deeply and regularly pitted, the interstices 

 between the pits remotely punctured. Underside and 

 legs punctured, hairy, the segments of the abdomen 

 punctured only on their posterior margins. 



Length 14 lines ; breadth 6 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



This species is clearly distinct from 8. cancellata, Don., 

 and may be recognized by its shorter form, by the disk of 

 the thorax being more strongly punctured, by the absence 

 of a distinct dorsal line, and by other minor differences. 



5. Stigmodeea cancellata, (PL II. fig. 1). 



Bwprestis cancellata, Don. Ins. N. Holl. Bup. pi. i. fig. 2. 



8tigmoclera cancellata, (Hope, Bupr. p. 2) . 



Buprestis Dejeaniana, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. ii. 63, pi. vi. 



fig. 6. 



8tigmodera Dejeanii, (Hope, Bupr. p. 7). 



Hab. Australia. 



6. Stigmodeea geatiosa, (PL II. fig. 3). 



Chevr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 201. 

 Stigmodera smaragdina, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 283. 

 Hab. Australia. 



7. Stigmodeea Paeeyi, (PL II. fig. 4). 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 210. 



'' Brunneo-rubra, thorace seneo rubroque colore varie- 

 gate, elytris brunneo-rubris ; corpore infra eroso- 

 punctato et eeneo, pedibusque concoloribus." 

 (Hope) . 

 Head and antennae bronzy. Thorax and elytra brown, 



the former with a bronzy tint. Underside and legs 



bronzy. 



