476 MR. E. SAUNDEES ON KEW SPECIES OE STIGMODEBA, 



Stigmodeka cylindracea. (Plate X. fig. 36.) 



Capite thoraceque seneis, punctatis ; elytris flavis, marginibus sanguineis, 

 tribus fasciis nigris ornatis ; subtus senea. 



Head and thorax coppery green, the latter rather darker on the disk. 

 Elytra testaceous, with its lateral margins sanguineous, traversed 

 by three black bands, the two upper ones narrow, the apical one being 

 of a triangular form ; of these the postmedian one alone reaches the 

 lateral margins. Beneath and legs and antennae golden green. 



Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax subglobose, 

 once and two-thirds as broad as long ; anterior margin nearly straight 

 and elevated, half as long as the base; sides much rounded; base 

 with a very shallow lobe ; disk very convex, punctured, with a slightly 

 impressed dorsal line, punctation of the sides deeper. Elytra twice 

 as long as wide, punctate-striate ; sides subparallel for two-thirds 

 of their length; apes of each with a slight point. Beneath and legs 

 punctured, with a few scattered white hairs. 



Length 6| lines, breadth 2. 



Hab. New S. Wales. 



Stigmodeka Wilsoni, H. Deyr. (MS.). (Plate X. fig. 36.) 



Capite et thorace seneis, punctatis ; elytris cupreo-brunneis, vitta 

 longitudinali prope basin maculaque transversa ad apicem flavis; sivbtus 

 senea. 



Head and thorax bronzy green. Elytra purple ; each with a testaceous 

 vitta, originating quite close to the base and extending not quite to 

 their middle, it then turns at right angles to itself, touching the lateral 

 margin ; below this, midway between it and the apex, is a small cres- 

 cent-shaped spot. Beneath of thorax and breast and antennae cy- 

 aneous, abdomen olivaceous. 



Head deeply punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax widest 

 about the middle, at its base once and a half as broad as long; anterior 

 margin elevated, nearly straight, two-thirds as long as the base ; sides 

 much rounded ; base with a narrow median lobe ; surface deeply 

 punctured, disk with a slightly raised dorsal line, met at the base by 

 a small round fovea. Elytra a little more than twice as long as 

 mde, punctate-striate, the interstices slightly raised; sides subpa- 

 rallel for two-thirds of their length ; apex of each emarginate and 

 bidentate, the exterior tooth much the sti'onger. Beneath and legs 

 punctured, covered with very short white hairs. 



Length 5 lines, breadth 1^. 



Hab. Australia, 



, Stigmodeka inconspicua. (Plate X. fig. 3/.) 

 Capite thoraceque nigris, punctatis; elytris punctato-striatis, flavis, 



tribus fasciis nigris ornatis ; subtus senea, dense pubescens. 

 Head and thorax bronzy black. Elytra testaceous, with the suture, two 



transverse bands, and the apex black ; the band near the base 



