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purple fascia (very narrowly separated from the base) of moderate 
width, a narrower fascia of purple colour immediately behind the 
middle, and the apex to the extent of about one-seventh the 
length of the elytra. The testaceous greenish-glossed abdomen 
is very distinctive. 
Queensland ; Darling Downs; in the collection of Mr. French, 
S. imsignis, sp. nov. Depressa, minus angusta; supra niger, 
elytris mox ante medium fascia testacea nec marginem nec 
suturam plane attingenti et ante basin macula magna reni- 
formi sanguinea marginem nec suturam attingenti ornatis, 
corpore subtus aureo viridi, pedibus antennisque ceruleis ; 
capite longitudinaliter late profunde concavo fortiter 
minus crebe punctulato; prothorace trans basin quam 
longiori (et postice quam antice) paullo plus quam dimidio 
latiori, sparsim subtiliter punctulato, intra angulos posticos 
foveolato, antice fortiter emarginato, postice in media lobato, 
lateribus a basi ad apicem (vix arcuatim) angustatis ; elytris 
postice angustato-productis, ad apicem late oblique emarg- 
inatis et bispinosis (spina externa majori), pone medium 
dilatatis, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis sublevibus alternis 
fortiter convexis, lateribus inermibus, basi late leviter 
convexa ; corpore subtus sparsim pubescenti, sat fortiter 
minus crebre (retrorsum gradatim magis subtiliter magis 
crebre) punctulato. lLong., 7 1.; lat., 22 1. 
Near 8. producta, Saund., but differing inter alia by the absence 
of a prothoracic channel and of a red spot near the base of each 
elytron. S. acutipennis, Thoms., is described as having a red spot 
near the base of each elytron. The subapical spot in the present 
species is kidney shaped, lying along the lateral margin for a 
distance equal to about a third of its length, with its two lobes 
directed towards the suture. 
Victoria ; taken by C. French, Esq. 
8. jfiliformis, sp. nov. Elongata; parallela; minus convexa; 
glabra; lete viridis, capite prosternoque aureo-micans, elytris 
sanguineis ad basin anguste viridibus  violaceo-ornatis 
(macula oblongo utrinque subhumerali, sutura apice excepto, 
fascia post-mediana sinuata communi margines haud atting- 
enti, et macula communi, subapicali trilobata); capite 
prothoraceque crebre subtiliter (fere ut S. sanguinolente, 
L. and G) punctulatis ; illo angusto fortiter producto, fere 
plano, in vertice canaliculato ; prothorace quam longiori 
quinta parte (postice quam antice tertia parte) latiori, antice 
leviter emarginato, postice in medio late leviter lobato, 
lateribus leviter arcuatis ; elytris ad apicem leviter oblique 
emarginatis et biaculeatis, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis 
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