Australian Buprestuloe, 31 



" Flava, thorace viridi-violaceo, utrinque flavo-maculato, 

 elytris tribus fasciis violaceis, pedibus viridibus." 

 (Hope) . 



Headj antennee, and thorax bluish green^ the latter 

 with a yellow spot on each side, touching the lateral 

 margin and sloping towards the base. Elytra yellow, 

 the base narrowly bordered with violet, two bands of the 

 same colour, one very slightly declining from the shoulder 

 to the suture, and situate about a quarter of the entire 

 length of elytra from the base, the other below the 

 middle and almost straight ; the apex for about a fifth of 

 their length is also violet, and this is connected along the 

 margin with the second band. Underside yellow, the 

 centre of the thorax, a triangular spot on the breast, the 

 posterior margin and a spot on each side near the an- 

 terior margin of each abdominal segment, and the legs, 

 green. 



Head punctured, hairy, the vertex with a faintly im- 

 pressed line. Thorax three-quarters as broad again at 

 the base as long ; anterior margin produced, not quite 

 half as long as the base ; sides rounded, posterior angles 

 acute ; disk convex, deeply punctured, with a smooth 

 impressed dorsal line. Elytra considerably wider than 

 the thorax, striated, sinuate above the middle ; apex 

 widely truncate. Underside shining-, punctured, the 

 thorax and breast slightly hairy; legs punctured. 



Length 14 lines ; breadth 6 lines. 



Hab. Swan River. 



19. Stigmodera cyanura, (PI. II. fig. 17). 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 211. 



Stigmodera consjpiciUata, var.. White, Ann. & Mag. 

 N. H. xii. 344. 



" Flava, thorace viridi-nitido, macula flava parva utrinque 

 posita, elytris flavis, apicibusque late cyaneis; cor- 

 pore infra flavo viridique colore variegato.^^ (Hope). 



Head, thorax, and antennse bright green ; the thorax 

 with two small transverse yellow spots, one on either 

 side above the posterior angle. Scutellum green. Elytra 

 flavous, with the apex for about a quarter of their entire 

 length cyaneous. Underside of the thorax green, with a 

 large irregular patch of yellow on each side ; the breast 

 also green, with an oblong yellow spot on each side ; 



