468 MB. E. SATJNDEES ON NEW SPECIES OF STIGMODEBA. 



maculaque inter illam apicemque cyaneis, macula humerali oblonga 

 utrinque ejusdem colons. 

 Head and thorax bronz)?. Elytra dull red, with the suture, a narrow 

 band below the middle touching the lateral margins, a short one 

 between it and the apex, curved in the arc of a circle, and the apex 

 itself green ; there are also two short vittse extending from the shoul- 

 ders for about two-fifths of the entire length of the elytra, of the 

 same colour. Beneath, legs and antennae green ; body rufous. 



Head punctured, widely channelled between the eyes. Thorax widest 

 about one-third of its length from the base; once and two-thirds as 

 broad as long at the base ; anterior margin nearly straight, half as 

 long as the base ] sides diverging in nearly straight lines for two- 

 thirds of their length, then suddenly converging to the base, which 

 has a very shallow lobe ; surface punctured ; punctures very deep on 

 the sides ; dorsal line fine and raised. Elytra punctate-striate, 

 almost twice as long as broad, wider than the thorax at the base, the 

 exterior angles of which are very prominent ; sides sinuate above the 

 middle ; apex of each finely emarginate. Beneath and legs punctured, 

 covered with short white hairs. 



Length 9 lines, breadth 4. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



Stigmodera semisuturalis. (Plate IX. fig. 19.) 



Capite et thorace punctatis, ajneis ; elytris sanguineis, sutura ad basin 

 viridi ; subtus senea, corpore rubro. 



Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra sanguineous, with the suture for about 

 half its length bronzy. Beneath, legs, and antenu8e bronzy ; abdomen 

 rufous. 



Head punctured, deeply channelled between the eyes. Thorax once 

 and two-thu'ds as broad as long ; anterior margin elevated and 

 produced, half as long as the base ; sides diverging in very slightlv 

 curved lines for three-quarters of their length, then converging to 

 the posterior angles ; base shallowly lobed ; surface deeply punctured; 

 disk vrith a fine smooth dorsal line : near the posterior angle on 

 each side is a slightly impressed round fovea; this character, however, 

 is so faint that it may not be worth much. Elytra tvpice as long as 

 wide ; punctate-striate ; sides sinuate above the middle ; apex of each 

 finely emarginate. Beneath and legs punctured, covered with short 

 white hairs. 



Length 10 lines, breadth 4. • 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera cyanipes. (Plate IX. fig. 20.) 



Capite et thorace nigris, hujus lateribus late ferrugineis ; elytris nigris, 



fasciis duabus utrinque feri'ugineis ; subtus nigra, lateribus abdominis 



rubris, pedibus cyaneis. 

 Head and thorax bronzy black, the margins of the latter ferruginous. 



