26 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Head punctured, with an impressed line on the 

 vertex, covered with short hairs. Thorax twice as wide 

 at the base as long; anterior margin produced, not 

 quite half as long as the base ; sides very slightly 

 rounded, posterior angles acute ; base nearly straight ; 

 disk confluently punctured, wth a smooth dorsal line, 

 sides granulate. Elytra not so wide as the base of the 

 thorax, deeply striate, two-thirds as long again as wide ; 

 sides sinuate above the middle ; apex rounded. Under- 

 side shining, the sides of the breast and abdomen rugose ; 

 legs punctured and hairy. 



Length 14^ lines ; breadth 6 lines. 



Hab. New Holland. 



8. StIGMODERA FLAVOCmCTA, (PI. II. fig. 5). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 1) ; L. & G. ii. 8tig. 6, pi. i. fig. 2. 



" Rufobrunnea, thorace nigro-chalj'^beo flavo-marginato 

 variolisque eroso ; elytris rufobrunneis, externe flavo- 

 cinctis. Corpus subtus teneum punctatum flavis- 

 que capillis obsitum, antennis pedibusque seneis.^' 

 (Hope) . 



Head bronzy. Thorax bluish black with the lateral 

 margins yellow. Elytra reddish brown, with the margins 

 flavous. Underside and legs bronzy, the margins of the 

 thorax and abdomen yellow. 



Head rugose, covered with long white hairs. Thorax 

 twice as broad at the base as long ; anterior margin pro- 

 duced, not quite half as long as the base ; sides much 

 rounded, posterior angles acute ; base trisinuate ; disk 

 largely and deeply punctured, rugose in front and on the 

 sides. Elytra striate, the interstices vermiculately rugose, 

 three-quarters as long again as wide, considerably nar- 

 rower than the thorax at the base ; sides swelling to the 

 shoulders, then slightly sinuate above the middle ; apex 

 of each elytron with a short spine. Underside and legs 

 punctured and hairy, the former slightly rugose. 



Length 16 lines; breadth 61 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



9. Stigmodera grandis, (PI. II. fig. 6). 



Buprestis grandis, Don. Ins. N. Holl. Bup. pi. ii. fig. 1. 

 Stigmodera grandis, (Hope, Bupr, p. 1) ; L. & G. ii. 8tig. 

 6, pi. i. fig. 1. 

 Hab. Australia. 



