Australian Bivprestida;. 39 



Length 64 lines ; breadth 3 lines. 

 Hab. Swan River. 



Perplexa, Hope, is merely a larger form of this species, 

 with the colours less distinct. 



31. Stigmodera Hopei, (PI. III. fig. 7). 



Stigmodera BurcJiellii, (Hope, Bupr. p. 3) ; ncc L. & G. 



" Olivacea, thorace viridi-^eneo, elytris flavis, tribus 

 fasciis nigro-violaceis. Corpus subtus geneum." 

 (Hope) . 



Head and thorax bronzy-green. Elytra yellow, with 

 three black bands, situate as in the preceding species, 

 but their margins are concolorous. Underside bronzy- 

 green, the four hindmost abdominal segments coppery. 



Head punctured, deeply impressed between the eyes. 

 Thorax not quite twice as broad at the base as long ; 

 anterior margin nearly straight and slightly raised, two- 

 thirds as long as the base ; sides rounded, posterior 

 angles acute ; base scarcely sinuate ; disk punctured, 

 with a faintly impressed dorsal line. Elytra punctate- 

 striate, twice as long as wide ; sides slightly sinuate 

 below the shoulders ; apex bidentate. Underside punc- 

 tured, the sides of the abdomen with long hairs. 



Length o\ lines ; breadth 2| lines. 



Hab. Swan Eiver. 



Allied to the preceding species, from which it is 

 easily recognized by its flatter, longer, and more parallel 

 form, as well as by its colour. 



32. Stigmodeea anchoralis, (PI. III. fig. 8). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 5) ; L. & G. ii. Stig. 26, pi. v. fig. 26. 



'' Thorace vii-idi-asneo, elytris flavis, sutura maculis 

 duabus humeralibus anchorgeque figura, virescenti- 

 bvis. CorjDore subtus seneo, albisque capillis obsito.'' 

 (Hope) . 



Head and thorax bronzy-brown. Elytra flavous, with 

 the following parts and markings greenish, namely, the 

 base, a band situate about the middle, a smaller one con- 

 nected with the former on the suture but touching 

 neither margin, the suture between the median band and 

 the base, and two elongate somewhat-curved spots 



