Australian Buprestidoe. 51 



Head deeply punctured^ channelled between the eyes. 

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

 margin nearly straight, a little more than half the length 

 of the base; sides very much rounded; base straight; disk 

 largely punctured, with a slightly impressed dorsal line. 

 Elytra twice as long as wide, punctured and finely striate ; 

 sides slightly sinuate below the shoulders ; apex of each 

 sub-bidentate. Underside and legs punctured, with a 

 few short hairs. 



Length Q\ lines ; breadth 2\ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



58. Stigmodeka coccinata, (PI. IV. fig-. 2). 



Conognath<;i coccinata, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 102. 

 " Coccinea, capite viride, antennisque concoloribus. 

 Thorax leete miniatus punctatus, maculisque ternis 

 viridibus insignitus, binis extei^nis minutis, me- 

 dioque majori fere rotundato. Elytra coccinea, 

 tribus fasciis Itete viridibus ornata, prima basale, 

 duabus aliis fere apicalibus, viridi macula in singulo 

 elytrorum inter basalem fasciam et apicales valde 

 conspicua. Corpus infra sanguineum, pectore seg- 

 mentisque abdominis utrinque viridi-maculatis, pedi- 

 bus concoloribus." (Hope). 



Head and antennae cyaneous. Thorax sanguineous- 

 red, the base green, a central oval spot and a small one 

 on either side near the lateral margin, cyaneous. Elytra 

 sanguineous, the base greenish-blue, the apex, a trans- 

 verse oval spot about one-third of their entire length 

 from the base, and a band constricted in the middle and 

 situate midway between the sjDot and the apes, blue. 

 Underside red, the breast and two spots on each abdo- 

 minal segment at the sides blue ; legs greenish . 



Head deeply punctured. Thorax half as broad again at 

 the base as long ; anterior margin nearly straight, not 

 quite three-quarters the length of the base ; sides much 

 rounded, widest just behind the middle ; disk very 

 largely and deeply punctured. Eh^tra almost twice as 

 long as broad, sides sinuate below the shoulders, widest 

 behind the middle ; posterior margin slightly denticu- 

 late ; apex armed with two sharp spines ; surface deeply 

 punctate-striate, interstices raised, smooth between the 

 three first stri«, deeply and minutely punctured at the 

 sides. Underside and legs punctured, and slightly hairy. 



Length 5j lines ; breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Adelaide. e 2 



