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10. Stigmodera limbata^ (PL II. fig. 7) . 

 Buprestis limhata, Don. Ins. N. Holl. Bup. pi. ii. fig, 4. 

 Stigmodera limhata, (Hope^ Bupr. p. 2), (nee L. & G.) . 

 Hab. Australia. 



11. Stigmodera suTUEALis, (PI. II. fig. 8). 



Buprestis suturalis, Don. Ins. N. Holl. Bup. pi. ii. fig. 5. 

 Stigmodera suturalis, (Hope^ Bupr. p. 2) 3 L. & G. ii. Stig. 

 18, pi. iv. fig. 16. 

 Hab. Australia. 



12. Stigmodera FoRTNUMi, (PL II. fig 9). 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 102. 



" Violacea, capite viridi, thorace punctulato, lateribus 

 flavo-marginatis, medio purpurascenti. Elytra vio- 

 lacea, striato-punctata, ternisque latis fasciis flavis 

 insignita. Corpus infra viride, lateribus thoracis, 

 pectore, segmentisque abdominis utrinque flavo 

 notatis. Pedes virides." (Hope) . 



Head greenish in front, purple on the vertex. Thorax 

 purple, the lateral margins widely yellow; scuteilum 

 bright blue. Elytra violet, with three straight yellow 

 bands, one at the base, the second situated about one- 

 third of the entire length of the elytra from the base and 

 connected with the basal band along the margin, the 

 third near the apex and touching neither the sviture nor 

 the lateral margin. Underside green, the sides of the 

 thorax, two spots on each side of the breast, a spot on 

 each side of the four first abdominal segments, and the 

 whole of the apical segment, flavous ; legs and antennae 

 green, with purple reflections. 



Head rugosely punctured, with a slight vertical furrow 

 and an impression in front. Thorax twice as broad at 

 the base as long ; anterior margin slightly ciliate, half as 

 long as the base ; sides rounded ; base nearly straight ; 

 disk punctured, with a smooth slightly elevated dorsal 

 line. Elytra deeply striate, half as long again as wide ; 

 sides sinuate below the shoulders ; apex widely truncate. 

 Underside punctured and slightly hairy. 



Length 18 lines; breadth 8 lines. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



