472 MR. E, SAUNDEBS OjS" NEW SPECIES OF STIGMODEEA. 



Length 6 lines, breadth 2^. 

 Hob. Swan River. 



Stigmodera rectifasciata. (Plate X. fig. 26.) 



Capite et thorace seneobrunneis, uitentibus ; elytris flavis, punctato- 



striatis, tribus faseiis nigris ; subtus aenea, albo pubescens. 

 Head and thorax bronzy-brown. Elytra flavous, with a narrrow straight 

 band below the base, a wider one behind the middle, and the 

 apex for two-fifths of their entire length black; the colour of the 

 postmedian band unites with that of the apex on the suture. 

 Beneath bronzy, with purple reflections ; legs and antennae cyaneous. 



Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax at the base once 

 and a half as broad as long ; anterior margin produced in the centre, 

 half as long as base ; sides rounded, base with a very shallow lobe ; 

 surface very shining, remotely punctured; dorsal line indicated by a deep 

 puncture at the base and a longitudinal impression near the anterior 

 margin ; close to each posterior angle is a small transverse fovea. Elytra 

 once and three-quarters as long as wide, punctate-striate, the third, 

 fifth, seventh, and ninth interstices raised and rounded. Sides sinuate 

 above the middle ; apex of each with a sharp external spine. 



Beneath and legs punctured, covered with an adpressed grey pubescence. 



Length 6| lines, breadth 2^. 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera octomaculata, Reiche (MS.). (Plate X. fig. 27.) 



Capite et thorace seneis ; elytris ferrugineis, octo maculis rotundis aeneis 

 ornatis ; subtus aenea, punctata. 



Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra ferruginous, with eight subrotund 

 bronzy spots, two of which are on the suture, the other six are arranged 

 three on each lateral margin, one being on the shoulder, the second 

 placed rather diagonally about the middle, and the third midway 

 between it and the apex. Beneath, legs, and antennae bronzy. 



Plead punctured, widely channelled between the eyes. Thorax once 

 and a half as broad as long at the base ; anterior margin slightly 

 elevated, nearly straight, a little more than half as long as the base ; 

 sides rounded above the middle, then nearly straight to the posterior 

 angles, which are almost right angles ; base straight ; surface punc- 

 tured, especially on the sides ; disk with an impressed dorsal line. 

 Elytra once and three-quarters as long as wide, punctate-striate ; sides 

 subparallel above the middle; apex of each with a small obsolete 

 tooth. Beneath and legs punctm-ed, covered with a short grey 

 pubescence. 



Length 5^ lines, breadth 2. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



Stigmodera ^neicornis. (Plate X. fig. 28.) 



Capite thor&ceque cyaneis ; elytris punctato-striatis, ferrugineis, sutura 



