A'ustrolian Bupvesiiflw,. 47 



01. Stigmodera assimilis^ (PI. III. fig. 26). 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 212. 



"Violacea, thorace olivaceo-seneo, elytris tribus fasciis 

 flavis; corpore infra purpurascente, pedibus concolo- 

 ribus." (Hope) . 



Head green. Thorax green, the disk with a purplish 

 tinge. Elytra purple-brown, marked as in 8. Australasice, 

 {ante, p. 37) except that the bands are rather wider. 

 Underside of thorax dull cyaneous, abdomen dull green. 



Head punctured, excavated between the eyes. Tho- 

 rax half as broad again at the base as long, widest be- 

 hind the middle ; anterior margin nearly straight ; sides 

 much rounded, posterior angles acute ; disk deeply and 

 closely punctured. Elytra punctate-striate, twice as long 

 as broad ; sides rather strongly sinuate above the middle ; 

 apex of each with a short central spine. Underside and 

 legs punctured, covered with white hairs. 



Length 5| lines ; breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Port Philip. 



This insect closely resembles S. Australasice, but the 

 difi'erent shape of the thorax, the different ground colour 

 and greater sinuation of the elytra, and the denser pu- 

 bescence on the underside, seem sufficiently to distin- 

 guish it therefrom. 



52. Stigmodera trifasciata, (PI. III. fig. 27) . 



Stigmodera apicalis, (Hope, Bupr. p. 3) ; L. & G. ii. 



8tig. 43, pi. ix. fig. 51. 



Stigmodera trifasciata, L. & G. ii. Stiy. 38, pi. viii. fig. 43. 



" Thoraceo olivace-seneo, elytris flavis, tribus fasciis api- 

 ceque cyaneis." (Hope) . 



Head and thorax bronzy green. Elytra flavous, with 

 three wide bronzy-green bands, one below the base, the 

 second at the middle, and the third covering the apex ; 

 all the bands unite on the suture, the one near the base 

 does not quite reach the lateral margins. Underside and 

 legs green. 



Head deeply punctured, impressed between the eyes ; 

 on each side above the antennary cavity is a small round 

 fovea. Thorax globose, not quite twice as broad as 

 long ; anterior margin half as long as the base, slightly 

 raised, the centre and angles produced ; sides much 



