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little earlier, in Europe, I have called the present species after 
his Christian name, as so energetic a collector of the Australian 
Buprestide ought certainly to be commemorated in Stigmodera. 
W. Australia ; near York; presented to me by Mr. French. 
S. oleata, sp. nov. (Mas.) Sat lata; minus convexa, nitida ; 
cyaneo-nigra, elytris fascia communi sat lata ante-apicali 
lete sanguinea ornatis; capite leviter concavo, fortiter sat 
crebre punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori tribus partibus 
(postice quam antice paullo plus quam duabus partibus) 
latiori, subtiliter sat sparsim (latera versus grosse rugulose) 
punctulato, lateribus anguste subdeplanatis (fere ut 
S. Bonvouloirt, Saund.) fortiter rotundatis, latitudine 
majori pone medium posita ; elytris ad apicem rotundatis, 
punctulato-striatis, interstitils sat convexis sparsim subtiliter 
punctulatis, basi sinuato-truncata; corpore subtus (abdomine 
excepto) lanugine brevi argentea erecta vestito ; prosterno 
in medio sparsim subtiliter (latera versus confertim rugulose) 
punctulato; metasterno in medio sat crebre sat fortiter 
(latera versus confertim fortiter vix rugulose) punctulato ; 
abdomine in medio sat sparsim (latera versus confertim 
rugulose) grosse punctulato; segmento ventrali apicali postice 
sinuatim truncato. Long., 11 1.; lat. 51. 
Scarcely differs in respect of colour and marking from 
S. Minriszechi, Saund., but widely differs from it in almost every 
other character. Placed beside S. Mniszecha the present species 
is distinguished inter alia multa by the strongly rounded sides of 
its prothorax and the simply rounded apices, and regular striation 
of its elytra. Its shining surface causes it to appear as if it were 
polished with oil. 
W. Australia; near York ; presented to me by Mr. French. 
S. oleata(?) (Fem.) Sat lata; minus convexa; nitida; supra 
ferrugineo-picea, prothorace obscuriori, hujus (parte basin 
versus excepta) elytrorumque lateribus aurantiacis ; ; subtus 
nigra, Vix cyanescens ; segmento ventrali apicali rotundato, 
ante apicem transversim depresso; cetera ut S. oleate 
(maris). Long., 12—161.; lat., 54—621. 
Notwithstanding the extreme difference of colour and marking, 
Tam disposed to believe that this is the female of the species 
whose male I have called S. oleata. I can discover no character 
on which to separate the two apart from their colour and mark- 
ings, and from distinctions that are obviously sexual. IJ have 
seen three examples of this form (all females) and one of the 
other. They have all been forwarded to me by Mr. French as 
taken in the same locality (near York, W. Australia), and 
probably about the same time. 
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