50 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Head coppery. Thorax green on the disk^ the pos- 

 terior angles coppery. Elytra golden-bronze, with 

 coppery reflections, the lateral margins and three spots 

 arranged in a longitudinal line on the disk of each, 

 flavous; the first spot is long and narrow, and com- 

 mences near the base, the second is somewhat trian- 

 gular, the third is small, and situated about a quarter of 

 the entire length of the elytra from the apex. Under- 

 side, legs, and antennas, bronzy, densely covered with 

 white hairs. 



Head impressed between the eyes, punctured. Thorax 

 widest about the middle, half as broad again at the base 

 as long ; anterior margin elevated, almost straight, two- 

 thirds the length of the base ; sides much rounded ; base 

 straight ; disk very largely and deeply punctured, with a 

 slight dorsal line met at the base by a large puncture ; 

 puncturation of the sides rather larger than that of the disk. 

 Elytra twice and a quarter as long as broad, sides sub- 

 parallel for three-quarters of their length ; apex of each 

 slightly rounded ; disk punctate-striate, the interstices 

 very finely punctured, the punctures closer together on 

 the sides. Underside and legs punctured, covered with 

 a dense long pubescence. 



Length 4 lines ; breadth 1| lines. 



Hab. Swan River. 



57. Stigmodera Perth, (PL IV. fig. 1 a). 

 (Hope, Bupr. p. 5) ; L. & G. ii. 8tig. 23, pi. v. fig. 22. 



" Praecedenti [8. Andersoni'] aflSnis at major, capite inter 

 oculos sulcato, thorace punctate miniato, antice 

 macula viridi fere trigona, binisque aliis concolori- 

 bus postice positis ; elytris striatis crebre punctu- 

 latis viridibus, fascia aurantia fere apicali ornatis. 

 Corpore subtus miniato, segmentis abdominis 

 utrinque maculatis, pedibus antennisque virescen- 

 tibus.^' (Hope). 

 Head black. Thorax ochraceous, with a large trans- 

 verse black spot above the middle, slightly emarginate 

 on its anterior margin, and produced triangularly be- 

 hind; there are also two small black spots on the base, 

 one on each side of the scutellum. Elytra dull olive- 

 green, with a transverse yellow band close to the apex. 

 Underside flavous, the sides of the breast, a small round 

 spot on the side of each abdominal segment, and the 

 legs, greenish. 



