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22. Stigmodera undulata, (PI. II. fig. 20) . 



Buprestis undulata, Don. Ins. N. Holl, Bup, pi. i. fig. 5. 

 Stigmodera tmchdata, (Hope, Bupr. p. 3) ; L. & G. ii. 



Stig. 24, pi. V. fig. 23. 

 Castiarina Laportei, Bohem. Engen. Resa, Ins. p. 61. 

 Hab. Australia. 



23. Stigmodera cruenta, (PI. II. fig. 21). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 4) ; L. & G. ii. Stig. 29, pi. vi. fig. 30. 



" Thorace bronzeo, elytris sanguineis, ternis fasciis vio- 

 laceis, corpore infra concolori, abdomine sanguineo.'* 

 (Hope) . 



Head, thorax, and antennae bronzy. Elytra flavous, the 

 margins and base blood-red, traversed by three black 

 bands, one just below the base, the second below the 

 middle, and the third at the apex. Underside of thorax, 

 breast and legs cyaneous, abdomen sanguineous. 



Head very largely and deeply punctured. Thorax one 

 quarter as broad again as long ; anterior margin straight, 

 slightly elevated at the sides ; base almost twice as long 

 as the anterior margin ; sides diverging till they pass 

 the middle, then straight to the posterior angles, which 

 are right angles ; disk flat posteriorly, with a faint indi- 

 cation of a smooth dorsal line. Elytra strongly and 

 deeply punctate-striate, twice as long as broad ; sides 

 slightly sinuate ; apex largely rounded. Underside and 

 legs punctured, hairy. 



Length 6 lines ; breadth 2\ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



24. Stigmodera Klugii, (PI. II. fig. 22) . 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 4) ; L. & G. ii. Stig. 27, pi. vi. fig. 28. 

 " Thorace punctate, cyaneo, nitido ; elytris purpuras- 

 centibus, striatis, crebre punctulatis, apice subser- 

 ratis, humeris flavo-maculatis binisque fasciis conco- 

 loribus ornatis. Corpore infra cyaneo." (Hope) . 

 Cyaneous. Elytra with a flavous spot above each 

 shoulder touching the base and the lateral margins, and 

 two bands of the same coloui*, one just above the middle, 

 the other about one quarter of the length of the elytra 

 from the apex. Legs with green reflections. 



Head deeply punctured, channelled between the eyes. 



