Aiisiralian Btiprestidce . 45 



44. Stigmodera vegeta, (PI. III. fig. 19) . 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 283. 



" Leete cyanea, antennis concoloribus, thorace punctu- 

 lato. Elytra violacea, fasciis tribus flavis fere ad 

 suturam terminata ; prima irregular! ad basin posita 

 e liumeris ad latera extensa, secunda latiori fere 

 media, tertiaque minori. Corpus infra laste cyaneum, 

 pedibus concoloribus." (Hope) . 



Head and thorax blue-green. Seutellum green. Elytra 

 cyaneous, with three orange bands ; the first at the base, 

 the second above the middle, and the third near the 

 apex, all interrupted at the suture. Underside, legs, 

 and antenna, cyaneous. 



Head deeply punctured, excavated between the eyes. 

 Thorax half as broad again at the base as long ; anterior 

 margin nearly straight, two-thirds the length of the 

 base ; sides rounded ; base deeply sinuate ; disk deeply 

 and largely punctured, with a smooth irregular dorsal 

 line, somewhat depressed at the base. Elytra punctate- 

 striate, twice as long as wide ; sides subparallel ; apex 

 of each with an external tooth. Underside and legs 

 punctured, slightly hairy. 



Length A\ lines ; breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



45. Stigmodera amphichroa, (PL III. fig. 20). 



Buprestis ainphicJiroa, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. ii. 90. 

 Stigmodera 6-spilota, (Hope, Bupr. p. 4) ; L. & G. ii. 



St'lg. 35, pi. viii. fig. 40. 

 Hab. Australia. 



46. Stigmodera Sieboldi, (PI. III. fig. 21). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 4) ; L. & G. ii. 8tig. 38, pi. viii. 

 fig. 44. 



" Thorace elytrisque sanguineis, ternis fasciis violaceis, 

 corpore infra viridi, nitido." (Hope) . 

 Head golden green. Thorax dark green, with the 

 sides of a more golden hue. Elytra bright red, with 

 three straight broad cyaneous bands, one just below the 

 base, the second about the middle, and the third at the 

 apex; the first and third do not reach the lateral mar- 



