52 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



59. Stigmodeka Bremei, (PI. IV. fig. 3) . 



Conognatha Bremei, Hope^ Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 102. 



" Nigra, capite fere trigone aeneo, medio fortiter im- 

 press©. Thorax bronzeus, marginibus externis sub- 

 impressis, disco punctatissimo, linea longitudinal! 

 medio vix impressa, fovea utrinque fortiter insculpta. 

 Elytra nigra, binis fasciis rubris, lateribus externis 

 antice concoloribus. Corpus infra aeneum et nitidum, 

 pedibus concoloribus et punctatis.""^ (Hope) . 



Purplish - black. Elytra with two red bands, one 

 situate about a third, and the other about two-thirds of 

 their length from the base ; the apex, and the lateral 

 margin, from the shoulder to the first band and from 

 the second band to the apex, are also red. Underside, 

 legs, and antennse, bronzy. 



Head deeply punctured, furrowed between the eyes. 

 Thorax widest in front, half as broad again at the base 

 as long ; anterior margin slightly elevated, nearly 

 straight, half the length of the base ; sides much rounded 

 above the middle, and then nearly parallel to the base, 

 which has a large very shallow lobe ; disk shining, deeply 

 punctured ; each side with two fove^e, placed close to- 

 gether, almost touching the margin, situate about mid- 

 way between the anterior margin and the base, the 

 posterior one rather the larger. Elytra widest about the 

 middle, striate, the striee finely punctate, not quite twice 

 as long as wide ; sides sinuate above the middle ; apex 

 of each simply pointed. Underside and legs deeply and 

 closely punctured, with a few scattered white hairs. 



Length 9 lines ; breadth 3^ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



60. Stigmodera hilaris, (PI. IV. fig. 4) . 



Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 213. 



"^ruginosa, elytris miniatis, humeris viridibus maculis- 

 que aliis concoloribus per discum positis, corpore 

 infra leete virescenti." (Hope) . 



Head and thorax green. Elytra orange-red, with the 

 suture, a diamond-shaped sutural spot commencing at the 

 scutellum, a spot on each shoulder united to the last, a 



