Australian, Buprcstidce. 41 



bidentate. Underside and legs punctured, slightly 

 hairy. 



Length 6i lines ; breadth 2^ lines. 



Hab. Port Philip. 



34. Stigmodera iospilota, (PI. III. fig. 10) . 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 6) ; S. jospilota, L. & Gr. ii. Stig. 35, 

 pi. vii. fig. 39. 



" Thorace viridi, elytris flavis, sutura, fascia, variisque 

 maculis violaceis. Corpore infra virescenti.^^ (Hope) . 



Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra red, the suture for 

 about half its entire length widely margined with green, 

 a vitta of the same colour on each side near the lateral 

 margin, not quite reaching to the middle, and united to 

 the suture at the base ; about the middle the suture is 

 met by a transverse green band touching the lateral 

 margins, and below it by a much shorter one reaching 

 about halfway across each elytron ; the apex also is very 

 slightly tipped with green. Underside bronzy -green. 



Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax 

 deeply punctured, widest at the base, two-thirds as broad 

 again as long ; anterior margin slightly elevated, emar- 

 ginate, a little more than half as long as the base ; sides 

 rounded ; base with a shallow lobe. Elytra punctate- 

 striate, the interstices also punctured, two-thirds as long- 

 again as wide ; sides sinuate above the middle ; apex of 

 each with a sharp central spiue. Underside and legs 

 punctured, with a grajash pubescence. 



Length 4^ lines ; breadth If lines. 



Hab, Australia. 



35. Stigmodeea crenata. 



Buprestis crenata, Don, Ins. N. Holl. Btip. pi. i. fig. 3. 

 Stigmodera crenata, (Hope, Bupr. p. 4) ; nee L. & G. 

 Hab. Australia. 



The insect figured by Laporte and Gory under this 

 name must be referred to the next species. The figure 

 given by Donovan gives an idea of a very much narrower 

 and liahter-coloured insect. 



