ME. E. SAUlSrilERS ON NEW SPECIES OF STIGMODERA. 463 



Stigmodera siMiLis. (Plate IX. fig. 7.) 



Capite et thorace viridibus, punctatis ; elytris testaceis, apice et sutura 

 viridibus ; subtus viridis. 



Head and thorax greenish blue. Elytra testaceous, with the apex of 

 the same colour as the thorax, which colour extends along the suture 

 for three-quarters of its length, and along the sides for about the 

 same distance. Beneath and antennae green; sides of abdomen 

 flavous. 



Head punctured, covered with white hairs, with a deeply cut dorsal line. 

 Thorax once and two-thirds as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly 

 elevated, produced, half as long as base ; sides rounded, the widest 

 part of thorax being behind the middle ; posterior angles produced 

 and acute ; base nearly straight ; disk very finely punctured, with 

 an impressed dorsal line, the punctures on the sides much larger and 

 deeper. Elytra once and three-quarters as long as wide ; sides slightly 

 sinuate above the middle ; apex rounded ; disk very shallowly striate, 

 the sides more deeply with the striae punctate. Beneath and legs 

 finely punctured, covered with scattered white hairs. 



Length 16 lines, breadth 6|. , 



Hab. Queensland. 



Stigmodera bifasciata. (Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Capite thoraceque cupreis, hujus lateribus flavis, praesertim prope angulos 

 posteriores ; elytris flavis, duabus fasciis cyaneis ornatis ; subtus flava, 

 pedibus viridibus. 



Head and thorax coppery, the latter with its lateral margins yellow, 

 which colour spreads on the disk as they approach the base, leaving 

 a small coppery spot just within its limits. Elytra flavous, with two 

 narrow cyaneous bands placed rather close together, one just above 

 the other below the middle, neither of them attaining the lateral 

 margin. Beneath flavous ; legs and antennae green. 



Head deeply punctured, with an impressed line between the eyes. 

 Thorax once and three-quarters as long as broad; anterior margin 

 slightly elevated and emarginate, half as long as the base ; sides 

 diverging in slightly curved lines till just behind the middle, then 

 somewhat rapidly converging to the posterior angles, which are 

 acute ; base nearly straight ; surface closely and deeply punctured, 

 with an appearance of a faintly raised dorsal line. Elytra once and 

 two-thirds as long as wide, punctate-striate ; sides slightly sinuate 

 above the middle; apex largely rounded. Beneath and legs finely 

 punctured. 



Length 8^ lines, breadth 4. 



Hab. Swan River. 



Stigmodera Pascoei. (Plate IX. fig 9.) 



Capite thoraceque igneo-cupreis, punctatis, hujus lateribus prope angulos 

 posteriores flavis ; elytris flavis, postice cupreis ; subtus flava, cupreo 

 ornata. 



