48 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



rounded, posterior angles acute ; base nearly straight ; 

 disk deeply punctured, with an impressed dorsal line, 

 the punctures on the sides rather closer together. Elytra 

 punctate-striate, twice as long as wide ; sides suhparallel 

 for two-thirds of their length, thence converging to the 

 apex, which is somewhat acuminate, the points slightly 

 diverging. Underside and legs punctured. 



Length 5^ lines ; breadth 2j lines. 



Hab. Swan River. 



53. Stigmodera spilota, (PI. III. fig. 28). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 5) ; L. & G. ii. Stig. 24, pl. v. fig. 24. 



'' ^nea, thorace punctato viridi, elytris flavis, quatuor 

 maculis nigro-eeneis. Corpore infra viridi albidaque 

 seritie aspersa.'^ (Hope) . 



Head and thorax green. Elytra flavous, marked with 

 seven bronzy-black spots — a common one on the suture, 

 the centre of which is about a quarter of the entire length 

 of the elytra from the base, a small one on each side near 

 the margin slightly below the former, a large transverse 

 one below the middle of each elytron, and a smaller round 

 one between it and the apex. Underside and legs 

 greenish blue. 



Head deeply punctured, furrowed between the eyes. 

 Thorax half as broad again as long; anterior margin 

 straight, not quite two-thirds the length of the base; 

 sides regularly rounded ; base nearly straight ; disk 

 deeply punctured, the punctures thickening on the sides, 

 the dorsal line indicated merely at the base, where 

 there is a slight longitudinal impression, just above the 

 scutellum. Elytra punctate-striate, twice as long as 

 broad ; sides straight for nearly two-thirds of their 

 length; apex rounded. Underside and legs punctured, 

 clothed with white pubescence. 



Length 5^ lines ; breadth 2| lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



54. Stigmodera PLAVopiCTA, (PI. III. fig. 29). 



Buprestis flavopicta, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. ii. 92. 



Stigmodera hicolor, L. & G. ii. Stig. 39, pl. viii. fig. 45. 



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



Hab. Adelaide. 



