Australian Coleoptera. 541 



are three spots on the suture, one elongate, iolniim the 

 scutellum another a little behind the middle, the third 

 subapical larger. Each elytron is furnished at the apex 

 with two equally short spines. The under side of the body 

 IS bright green. 



^«^».— Queensland. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Stigmodera quinquepunctata, sp. nov. 



^neo-nigrescens, parallela, elongata ; thorace globoso, 

 crebre punctato ; elytris subparallelis, apice quadrispi- 

 nosis, sat fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis convexius- 

 culis parce subtiliter punctulatis, testaceis, pone medium 

 maculis quinque nigris. 



Long. 5 lin. ; lat. 2 lin. 



Allied to S. spilota, Lap. & Gory., but rather narrower 

 and more depressed, with the apex of each elytron distinctly 

 bidentate, the outer teeth being the longer; with three 

 black (or a^neous-black) spots behind the middle, placed 

 one on the suture and one on each side of it on the 

 margins, and two others, smaller and rounder, placed close 

 to the apex of each elytron. Thorax one-third broader 

 than long, convex, wneous, straight in front, much rounded 

 at the sides, bisinuate at the base, moderately thickly and 

 strongly punctured, rugulose at the sides. Scutellum 

 green, with a few punctures. Elytra three and a quarter 

 times as long as the thorax, but scarcely broader than it, 

 slightly convex, a little broader posteriorly, rounded towards 

 the apex ; the margins at the extreme apex are minutely 

 crenulate. The body beneath is blackish-aeneous. 



i/ai.— Queensland. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Stigmodera confusa, sp. nov. 



Elongata, cuprea ; thorace globoso, crebre punctato ; 

 elytris thorace hand latioribus, fortiter punctato-striatis, 

 (interstitiis convexis parce subtiliter punctulatis), cupreis, 

 singulis maculis tribus flavis, una basali magna ad humerum 

 divisa, secuuda ad marginem, tertia parva ad apicem ; 

 apice bidentato. ^ - 



Long. 5 lin. ; lat. 1 1 lin. 



Closely allied toS. Wilsoni, E. Saund., but besides the 

 additional apical yellow spot on the elytra, it may be dis- 

 tinguished by its more convex thorax, with more rounded 

 sid?s; the scutellum is almost impunctate; the interstices 

 on the elvtra are more convex and very sparmgly pnnc- 



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