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15. Stigmodeea sanguinipennis, (PL II. fig. 13). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 2) ; L. & G. ii. 8tig. IQ, pi. iii. fig. 13. 



" Sanguinea, capite nigro, thorace punctato macula 

 media atra, lateribus thoracis elytrorumque san- 

 guineis, apice cyaneo. Corpus subtus concolor, late- 

 ribus abdominis sanguineis.^^ (Hope). 



Head and antennge steel blue. Thorax black on the 

 disk, red at the sides. Elytra bright red, with the apex 

 cyaneous. Underside cyaneous, the sides of the thorax 

 and abdomen red; legs blue. 



Head deeply punctured and covered with short yel- 

 lowish hairs. Thorax at the base a quarter as broad again 

 as long ; anterior margin produced, half as broad as the 

 base, the angles slightly enclosing the head; sides much 

 rounded till they reach the middle, thence gradually 

 converging to the posterior angles, which are slightly 

 acute ; base bilobed ; disk slightly punctured, the punc- 

 tures becoming deeper and closer towards the sides. 

 Elytra punctate-striate, twice as long as broad, widest at 

 the shoulders ; sides very slightly sinuate above the 

 middle, whence they gradually converge to the apex, 

 which is armed with two short spines. Underside and 

 legs punctured, hairy. 



Length 14 lines; breadth 5 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



16. Stigmodeea HiEMATicA, (PI. II. fig. 14) . 



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



" Sanguinea, capite atro-aeneo, thorace in medio nigro- 

 maculato ; corpore infra sanguinoso, pectore pedi- 

 busque cyaneis." (Hope) . 



Head black. Thorax red, with the disk black. Elytra 

 red, with the apex just tipped with cyaneous, which 

 colour extends along the suture to about the middle. 

 Underside red, the centre of the thorax and portions of 

 the breast and legs bronzy. Legs above, and antennee, 

 cyaneous. 



Head deeply punctured, channelled between the eyes, 

 covered with dense long hairs. Thorax not quite twice 

 as broad as long ; anterior margin very slightly produced, 

 half as long as the base ; sides diverging to their middle, 

 then straight to the posterior angles, which are rounded ; 

 base slightly lobed ; disk slightly punctured, punctures 



