462 MB. E. SAUNDEES ON NEW SPECIES OE STIGM.ODEEA. 



narrower, the elytra more parallel as to their sides ; the punctua- 

 tion of the thorax is larger and deeper. Beneath, less hairy, the 

 hairs shorter. The two apical segments spotted with red on the 

 sides. 



Length 12-14 lines, breadth 4|-5^. 



Hab. New S. Wales. 



Stigmodera lobicollis. (Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Capite et thorace vii'idibus, hujus lateribus croceis; elytris ochraceis, 

 striatis, apice utrinque fortiter bispinoso. 



Head and thorax green, the latter with its lateral margins ochreous red. 

 Elytra ochreous red. Beneath, legs, and antennae green. 



Head punctured, covered with short hairs, shallowly furrowed between 

 the eyes. Thorax once and one-third as broad as long at the base ; 

 anterior margin slightly elevated, produced at the angles and in the 

 middle ; half as long as the base ; sides diverging rapidly till about 

 their middle, then subparallel to the base, which is very largely and 

 deeply lobed ; surface deeply punctured. Elytra nearly twice as long 

 as wide, simply striate, finely punctured, interval between the sixth and 

 seventh strite somewhat rugose, striae between this and the margin 

 punctate; sides swelling out behind the middle; apex of each bispinose. 

 Beneath and legs deeply and closely punctured, covered with short 

 white hairs ; two apical segments each with an ochreous spot on 

 each margin. 



Length 14 Hues, breadth 5. 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera Jansonii. (Plate IX. fig. 6.) 



Capite et thorace aureo-viridibus, hujus lateribus flavis; elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis, flavis, sutura prope apicem viridi, apice utrinque bi- 

 spinoso. 



Head and thorax brassy-green; lateral margins of latter testaceous, 

 scutellum green. Elytra testaceous, with their base itself, apex, and 

 the suture for about half their entire length, green. Beneath, legs, 

 and antennae brassy-green. 



Head deeply punctm-ed, covered with short hairs, depressed between 

 the eyes, with a shghtly impressed dorsal hne. Thorax once and 

 three-quarters as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly produced, 

 half as long as the base ; sides diverging rapidly till about the middle, 

 then subparallel to the base, giving them a somewhat angulose 

 appearance ; base with a wide median lobe ; surface deeply punctm-ed, 

 with a shghtly impressed dorsal line, whose region is also depressed 

 as it approaches the base. Elytra regularly punctate-striate, twice as 

 long as wide ; sides slightly sinuate above the middle ; apex of each 

 bispinose. Beneath aud legs deeply punctured, hairy. 



Length 16 lines, breadth 5. 



Hab. Australia. 



