Australian Buprcstidce. 43 



square spot of the same colour united with the band along 

 the suture. Underside cyaneous^ legs bright blue. 



Head punctured, excavated between the eyes. Thorax 

 widest at the base, twice as broad as long, emarginate on 

 the anterior margin, which is two-thirds the length of the 

 base ; sides very little rounded ; base slightly sinuate ; 

 disk shining, punctured, the punctures becoming denser 

 and larger on the sides ; near each posterior angle is a 

 slight rugose depression. Elytra punctate-striate, twice 

 as long as broad ; sides sinuate above the middle ; apex 

 truncate, armed with four spines, the outer ones the 

 longest. Underside and legs punctured, hairy. 



Length Q\ lines; breadth 2^ lines. 



Hab. Australia. • 



38. Stigmodera ph^okkhcea, (PL III. fig. lo). 



Buprestis phceorJtcea, Kirby, Tr. Linn. Soc. xii. 456, 

 pi. xxiii. fig. 2. 



Stigmodera phceorhea, (Hope, Bupr. p. 6) . 



This species seems to have been utterly ignored by 

 Laporte and Gory in their Monograph. 



39. Stigmodera vicina, (PL III. fig. 15). 

 (Hope, Bupr. p. 5.) 



Stigmodera hicinda, (Hope, I. c.) ; L. & G. ii. Stig. 31, 

 pi. vi. fig. 33 {nee Boisd) . 



"Thorace aeneo, elytris bronzeo-violaceis, fasciis duabus 

 flavis. Corpore infra seneo, pedibus atro-violaceis.''^ 

 (Hope) . 



Head and thorax bright coppery brown. Antennfe 

 green. Elytra dark purple, each with a straight yellow 

 band above the middle, and a sinuated one of the 

 same colour near the apex. Underside purplish; legs 

 cyaneous. 



Head punctured, depressed between the eyes. Thorax 

 twice as broad at the base as long ; anterior margin half 

 as long as the base ; sides diverging almost to the pos- 

 terior angles, which are acute ; base sinuate ; disk largely 

 and deeply punctured. Elytra punctate-striate, interstices 

 much raised, half as long again as broad ; sides sinuate 

 above the middle ; apex of each truncate, and armed with 



