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widens and divides into two as it approaches the lateral margin. 



Beneath, legs, and antennae bronzy. 

 Head closely punctured, shallowly furrowed between the e3-es. Thorax 



once and two-thirds as broad as long at the base ; anterior margin 



slightly emarginate and raised, two-thirds as long as the base ; sides 



much rounded before the middle, then subparallel to the posterior 



angles ; base with a shallow median lobe ; surface closely punctured ; 



disk with a faint dorsal line met at the base by a large puncture. 



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



sides sinuate above the middle ; apex of each very finely emarginate. 



Beneath and legs punctured, covered with silky white hairs. 

 Length 6 lines, breadth 2-^. 

 Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera Thomsoni. (Plate X. fig. 38.) 



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

 sanguineis, tribus fasciis viridibus ; subtus viridis. 



Head and thorax bronzy black. Elytra sanguineous, with a transverse 

 band below the base, touching the scutellum in its middle, but not 

 reaching the lateral margins, a wide postmedian band and the apex 

 olivaceous green. Beneath, legs, and antennae green. 



Head punctured, with a deep excavation and incision between the eyes. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long at the base ; anterior margin nearly 

 straight, and raised, half as long as the base ; sides diverging in very 

 slightly emarginate lines for two-thirds of their length, then sub- 

 parallel to the posterior angles ; base with a shallow median lobe ; 

 surface largely and deeply punctured, with a very faintly impressed 

 dorsal line apparent chiefly at the base. Elytra twice as long as 

 wide, striated ; the interstices finely punctured ; sides sinuate below 

 the shoulders; apex of each finely truncate, with a small external 

 tooth. Beneath and legs punctured, covered with long grey hairs. 



Length 7 lines, breadth 3. 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera 4-fasciata. (Plate X. fig. 39.) 



Capite thoraceque cupreis, hujus basi macula cyanea ornata ; elytris 

 punctato-striatis, flavis, quatuor fasciis transversis cyaneis ; subtus cy- 

 anea. 



Head and thorax cupreous, the former with the mouth cseruleous, the 

 latter with a large cyaneous spot extending from the centre of the 

 base and not quite touching the anterior margin. Elytra testaceous, 

 with three transverse bands, and the apex cyaneous ; the basal one 

 contracts on the suture, and does not touch the lateral margin; the 

 median band is wavy and touches it ; the third is shorter and nearly 

 straight. Beneath of thorax, breast, and legs and antennae cya- 

 neous ; abdomen olivaceous. 



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



