•42 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



86. Stigmodeea plagiata, (PI. III. lig. 11). 



Stigviodera hicruciata, (Hope, Bupr. p. 4). 



Stigmodera crenata, L. & G. ii. Stig. 39, pi. ix. fig. 46 



(nee Donov) . 



Stigmodera plagiata, Jj. & G. iii. 132 {err. 8. sexplagiata) , 



pi. xxiii. fig. 130. 



Castiarina E.opei, Bohem. Eugen. Resa, Ins. p. 61. 



Castiarina similata, Bohem. Bugen. Resa, Ins. p. 62. 



'' Thorace bronzeo, elytris sanguineis, sutura fasciisque 

 tribus nigro-violaceis. Corpore subtus seneo albisque 

 capillis obsito." (Hope) . 



Head and thorax dull bronzy. Elytra dull red, brighter 

 near the lateral margins ; the suture, and two broad 

 bands, one just below the base, and the other near the 

 middle, black ; there is also a rather large black spot on 

 the apex. Underside, legs, and anteunge, dull green. 



Head deeply punctured, depressed, and furrowed be- 

 tween the eyes. Thorax half as broad again as long ; 

 anterior margin slightly produced at its angles, a little 

 more than half as long as the base ; sides much rounded, 

 widest just behind the middle ; posterior angles acute ; 

 base largely and shallowly lobed ; disk convex in front, 

 with an impressed dorsal line, deeply punctured, the 

 puncturation rather closer on the sides. Elytra wider 

 than the thorax at the shoulders, three-quarters as long 

 again as wide ; sides slightly sinuate above the middle ; 

 apex of each sub-bidentate ; surface deeply punctured 

 and striated, the interstices much raised and rounded, 

 two on each elytron being rather more so than the rest ; 

 margins finely crenulate. Underside and legs punc- 

 tured, densely clothed with short white hairs. 



Length 4| lines; breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Sydney. 



37. Stigmodera Andersoni, (PL III. fig. 12). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 5); L. & G. ii. Stig. 25, pi. v. fig. 25. 



" Thorace bronzeo, elytris flavis, postice fascia nigro-vio- 

 lacea, macula magna apicali fasciee conjuncta. Cor- 

 pore subtus nigro-asneo, pedibus cyaneis." (Hope) . 



Head and thorax bronzy. Scutellum cyaneous. Ely- 

 tra yellow, with a straight black band situate about a 

 third of their entire length from the apex, which has a 



