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55. Stigmodera xanthopilosa, (PI. III. fig. 30) . 



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



Stigmodera parallela, White, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 119, 



pi. lix. fig. 3. 

 ? Stigmodera splendida, Gehin, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Metz, 



1855. 



" Affinis IQ-maculatce, at longior ; elytris vix thorace 

 latioribus ; atro-violacea, tliorace roseo-asneo et 

 punctulato. Elytra flavo-margiuata, striata, striis 

 punctatis, maculis quatuor luteis, prima prope ad 

 scutellum subrotundata, secunda fere oblonga, tertia 

 parum transversa, ultima in apice minori. Corpus 

 infra argentea lanugine obsitum ; pedesque violacei." 

 (Hope) . 



Dull black, with green and coppery reflections. Elytra 

 with the lateral margin (not quite to the apex) and a dis- 

 cal row of four somewhat round nearly equidistant spots, 

 flavous ; the first spot touches the base, and the last is 

 situated about a quarter of the entire length of the elytra 

 from the apex. Underside and legs cyaneous, with 

 coppery reflections, densely covered with silvery white 

 hairs. Antennge bronzy. 



Head very deeply punctured, narrowly furrowed be- 

 tween the eyes. Thorax two-thirds as broad again as 

 long, widest at the base ; anterior margin nearly straight, 

 slightly elevated, a little more than half as long as the 

 base ; sides rounded ; base almost straight ; disk deeply 

 punctured, with a faint smooth dorsal line, and on each 

 side of it above its centre is a small round smooth spot ; 

 near the posterior angles the punctures are larger and 

 further apart. Elytra twice as long as broad ; sides very 

 slightly sinuate above the middle, whence they converge 

 to the apex, which is rounded ; disk punctate-striate, 

 the interstices also punctured, puncturation of the sides 

 very dense. Underside and legs punctured, covered 

 with long silvery pubescence. 



Length 7 lines ; breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



56. Stigmodera consanguinea, (PI. IV. fig. 1). 



Stigmodera crocieolor, (Hope, Bupr. p. 6) ; nee L. & Gr. 

 " Thorace cupreo, elytris virescentibus, marginibus cro- 

 ceis, sex maculis concoloribus. Corpore subtus aeneo 

 albisque capillis obsito." (Hope) . 



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