28 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



13. Stigmodeka MitchelliIj (PI. II. fig. 10). 

 Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 209. 

 Stigmodera Strichlanfli, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 220, var. 

 "Flava, thorace olivaceo-seneo, marginibns croceis, 

 fossula utrinque parum distincta, elytrisque vio- 

 laceis et quatuor fasciis flavis ornatis; corpore infra 

 cyaneo, pedibusque concoloribus." (Hope). 

 Head and thorax purplish black, the sides of the thorax 

 yellow. Elytra yellow, with three black bands, one below 

 the base, the second (a wider one) at the middle, the 

 third midway between it and the apex, which is also of 

 the same colour ; these bands all unite on the suture ; 

 the median band in the specimen before me quite touches 

 the lateral margins, and the other two do not, but I find 

 these bands difl'er so much in other individuals that I 

 think little specific value should be attached to them. 

 Underside yellow, the centre of the thorax and of the 

 first three abdominal segments, as well as their posterior 

 margins, greenish-black. 



Head deeply punctured, vertex furrowed. Thorax 

 widest about the middle, three-quarters as broad again 

 at the base as long: anterior margin slightly elevated, 

 emarginate, not quite two-thirds the length of the base ; 

 sides much rounded, each margin bordered internally 

 with an impressed line ; base nearly straight ; disk 

 deeply and rugosely punctured, with a faintly elevated 

 dorsal line. Elytra nearly twice as long as wide ; sides 

 sinuate below the shoulders ; apex rounded ; surface 

 punctured, deeply striate, interstices near the base ver- 

 miculately rugose. Underside and legs punctured, the 

 latter with a few scattered hairs. 

 Length 11| lines; breadth 5 lines. 

 Hab. Swan River. 



14. StIGMODERA VARIABILIS, (PL II. fig. 11, 12). 



Buprestis variahilis, Don. Ins. N. Holl. Bicp. pi. i. fig. 1. 

 Stigmodera variahilis, (Hope, Bupr. p. 2); L. & G. ii. 8tig. 



11, pi. ii. fig. 7, 8. 



Stigmodera nigrvpennis , (Hope, I. c.)-, L. & Gr. ii. Stig, 15, 



pi. iii. fig. 12, var. 



Buprestis Kingii, MacL., King^s Voy. App. p. 441. 



Stigmodera Kingii, (Hope, I.e.). 



Stigmodera unifasciata, (Hope, Bupr. p. 7) ; L. & G. ii. 



Stig. 20, pi. iv. fig. 19. 



Hab. Australia. 



