246 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



442. — Stigmodbra elongatdla. n. sp. 



Length 4| lines. 



Elongate, narrow, subniticl, punctate. Head and thorax 

 brassy green, the former very slightly excavated in front, the 

 latter foveate and squamose at the sides, and slightly depressed 

 at the base, with the median line lightly marked. Scutellum 

 rather elongate, depressed, not punctate. Elytra punctato- 

 striate, — the second interstice lai'ger than the others, — closely 

 bispinose at the apex, and of a purplish or bluish black colour, 

 with four discal and two lateral yellow spots on each el3^tron 

 placed much in the same way as in S. Xanthojpilosa Hope. 

 Under side of body nitid, with silvery pile or scales. 



I have in my cabinet a Sydney species, which I believe to be 

 unnamed, which only differs from this insect in being of a more 

 brilliant colouring and in having the scutellum punctate. 



443. — PoLYCESTA Mastersii. n. sp. 



Length 9| lines. 

 Brown, opaque, rough, and somewhat flat. Head broadly 

 depressed in front. Thorax much broader than the head, nearly 

 truncate in front, rounded on the sides, evidently broader behind 

 than in front, slightly sinuate at the base, foveolate in the middle, 

 and marked on the median line by a small elevation. Scutellum 

 small, truncate, black and nitid. Elytra coarsely striato-punc- 

 tate and somewhat pointed at the apex. Under side of body 

 with a slight coppery reflexion. 



444.— Chkysobothkis Saundersii. n. sp. 

 Length 7| lines. 

 Of a somewhat nitid bi'onz}- colour, densely and finely punc- 

 tate. Head pilose in front, coppery red and carinate on the 

 summit. Thorax transversely punctate, and obliquely bifoveate 

 near the sides, with the median line lightly marked. Scutellum 

 small, triangular, and smooth. Elytra flat, and serrate behind, 

 with a fine costa near the suture, an abbreviated one about the 

 middle, a fovea near the humeral angle, and three small coppery 



