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SILPHOMORPHA. 



S. rufoguttata, sp. nov. Xitida ; atra, macula in utroque elytro 



magna antemediana pedibus abdomineque rutis ; corpore 



supra sat subtiliter nee crebre punctulato ; elytris prope 



marginem lateralem longitudinaliter sulcatis. Long., 2f 1. ; 



lat., 1^ 1. 



The upper surface in colour and markings resembles P. hiplag- 



iata, Cast., but the spots on the elytra are nearer the base. 



The species is much more nitid, and very much smaller than 



biplagiata. It should stand, T think, nearer Castelnaui, Reiche., 



compared with which the reflexed ma.rgin of the prothorax is 



wider, the surface is (not impunctate, but) quite distinctly 



punctulate, the elytra are sulcate near the lateral margin, and 



the markings are quite different. 



X. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Cowell. 



PHALACRID.^:. 



LITHOCRUS. 



L, consors, sp. nov. Sat breviter ovalis, postice sat angustatus ; 



nitidus ; testaceus, supra capite prothorace et elytrorum 



]iiaculis (altera magna trifida basali, altera cordiformi com- 



muni postmediana) nigris ; capite prothoraceque vix per- 



spicue punctulatis ; elytris (stria suturali postice excepta) 



haud striatis vix perspicue seriatim punctulatis. Long., ^1. ; 



lat., h 1. 



Resembles L. IcBticMlus, Blackb., but differs from it by smaller 



size, elytra without a trace of strii\? except the sutural stria on 



the hinder part of each elytron, and somewhat different markings 



of elytra ; which consist of (1) a blotch covering the base and 



sendimr out a broad triangfular median extension with its 



apex 



on the suture a little in front of the middle, and also a narrower 

 branch (brownish rather than black) running hindward along the 

 lateral margin of each elytron ; (2) a small common cordiform 

 spot a little behind the middle. 



N. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Cowell near Cairns. 



BUPRESTID.i:. 



STIGMODERA. 



S. ierrtf-regincs, sp. nov. Fem. Sat depressa, minus elongata, 

 fere glabra (corpore subtus sparshn breviter pilosa); corpore 

 sul^tus (prosterni lateribus rufis exceptis) capite antennis 

 scutello pedibusque la^te viridibus ; prothorace nigro-cyaneo, 

 margine antico viridi, lateribus late rufis ; elytris rufis, basi 

 suturaque (anguste), parte apicali quinta, macula magna 

 communi a ])asi ultra medium producta, et macula subro- 



