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fasciaque brevi post medium maculaque apicali ejusdem coloris ; subtus 

 cyanea, antennis seneis. 



Head and thorax cseruleous, the latter with the disk obscure. Elytra 

 croceous, suture cyaneous, spreading into a small diamond- shaped 

 spot just below the base, a much wider lunulate one below the middle, 

 and a triangular one just above the apex. Beneath and legs cyaneous ; 

 antennae brassy-green. 



Head deeply punctured, furrowed between the eyes. Thorax once and 

 a half as wide as long, anterior margin nearly straight and slightly 

 elevated, sides rounded, base straight; surface punctured, especially 

 on the sides. Elytra at the shoulders much wider than the thorax, 

 largely punctate-striate ; sides sinuate below the shoulders ; apex of 

 each with a small external tooth ; beneath and legs punctured, with 

 a few scattered white hairs. 



Length 5 lines, breadth 2. 



Hab. New S. Wales. 



Stigmodera crux. (Plate X. fig. 29.) 



Capite thoraceque puuctatis, seneis; elytris flavis, sutura fasciaque 

 post medium cj'aneis, maculaque humerali ejusdem coloris ; subtus 

 senea. 



Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra flavous, with the suture and a band 

 crossing it behind the middle cseruleous, thus forming an inverted cross; 

 the colour of the suture widens slightly below the base, and consider- 

 ably (so as to form a small triangle) near the apex ; between the 

 suture and lateral margin, just below the shoulder, is an oval spot 

 of the same colour. Beneath bronzy ; legs and antennae cyaneous. 



Head punctured, deeply furrowed between the eyes. Thorax at its base 

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

 ginate and raised, half as long as the base ; sides rounded behind 

 the middle; base bisinuate ; surface punctured ; disk convex, with a 

 slightly impressed dorsal line. Elytra finely punctate-striate, nearly 

 tv.'ice as long as wide ; shoulders rather prominent; sides sinuate above 

 the middle ; apex of each subdentate. Beneath and legs punctured^ 

 covered with a rather long grey pubescence. 



Length 5 lines, breadth 2. 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera distincta. (Plate X. fig. 30.) 



Capite et thorace seneis ; elytris flavis, punctato-striatis, fascia post 



medium apicibusque nigris ; subtus ssnea, pubescens. 

 Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra testaceous, with a narrow nearly 



straight band behind the middle, and their apex black. Beneath, 



legs, and antennse cyaneous. 

 Head deeply punctured, impressed between the eyes. Thorax at its 



base twice as wide as long ; anterior margin elevated and emarginate, 



half as long as the base; sides slightly rounded; base bisinuate 



