62 Entomological Society. 
The Rey. F. W. Hope exhibited some specimens and drawings of 
fossil insects from Aix. He also exhibited specimens of both sexes 
of Goliathus Savagei, recently received by him from Western Africa 
from Mr. Savage. 
The following memoirs were read :— 
‘Descriptions of new species of Buprestide from New Holland.” 
By the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
Sp. 1. Chrysodema gigas, Hope. Viridis, ae Sere quadrato 
rugoso-punctato, elytris quadricostatis marginibusque externis ele- 
vatis, tarsisque infra flavis. Long. lin. 19, lat. lin. 65.—From 
Swan River. 
Sp. 2. Stigmodera signaticollis, Hope. Flava, thorace. viridi- 
violaceo, utrinque flavo-maculato, elytris tribus fasciis violaceis, 
pedibus viridibus. Long. lin. 14, lat. lin. 6.—From Swan River. 
Sp. 3. Stigmodera Mitchellii, Hope. Flava, thorace olivaceo-eneo, 
marginibus croceis, fossuld utringue parim distinctd, elytrisque 
violaceis et quatuor fasctis flavis ornatis, corpore infra cyanea, 
pedibusque concoloribus. Long. lin. 114, lat. lin. 5.—From Swan 
River. 
Sp. 4. Stigmodera sanguinosa, Hope. Ainea, thorace nigricante, 
elytris sanguineis punctis viridibus fortiter excavatis, corpore infra 
aurato-eneis griseisque pilis obsito, pedibus antennisque cupreis. 
Long. lin. 10, lat. lin. 4.—From Swan River. 
Sp. 5. Stigmodera hematica, Hope. Sanguinea, capite atro-eneo, 
thorace in medio nigro-maculato, corpore infra sanguinoso pectore, 
pedibusque cyaneis. Long. lin. 15, lat. lin. 6.—From Swan River. 
Sp. 6. Stigmodera Parryi. Brunneo-rubra, thorace eneo rubroque 
colore variegato, elytris brunneo-rubris, corpore infra eroso-punc- 
tato et eneo, pedibusque concoloribus. Long. lin. 143, lat. lin. 6, 
—From New Holland. 
Sp. 7. Stigmodera cyanura, Hope. Flava, thorace viridi nitido, 
maculd flavd parvd utringue positd, elytris flavis, apicibusque late 
cyaneis, corpore infra flavo viridique colore variegato. Long. 
lin. 11, lat. lin. 44.—From Swan River. 
Sp. 8. Stigmodera Hoffmanseggii, Hope. Violacea, thorace eneo, 
elytris purpurascentibus striatis, apice subserratis, humeris flavo- 
maculatis fasciisqgue duabus concoloribus ornatis, corpore infra 
chalybeo-violaceo, pedibusque eneis. Long. lin. 9, lat. lin. 4.— 
From the neighbourhood of Swan River. 
Sp. 9. Stigmodera perplexa, Hope. -Ainea, thorace nigricante, 
elytris flavis tribus fasciis atro-violaceis signatis, corpore infra 
atro-ceneo, pedibus concoloribus. Long. lin. 7, lat. lin, 3.— 
From Western.Australia. 
Sp. 10. Stigmodera assimilis, Hope. Violacea, thorace olivaceo- 
eneo, elytris tribus fascis flavis, corpore infra purpurascente, 
pedibus concoloribus. Long. lin. 54, lat. lin. 2.—From Port 
Philip. 
Sp. 11. Stigmodera Adelaide, Hope. Purpurascens, thorace flavo- 
marginato, disco viridi crebrissimeé punctulato, elytris violaceis et 
