478 MB. E. SAUKDEES ON NEW SPECIES OF STIGMODEEAi 



Thorax once and tAvo-thirds as broad as long ; anterior margin nearly 

 straight, somewhat elevated, half as long as the base ; sides rounded ; 

 base almost straight ; surface punctured, especially on the sides ; 

 disk with a very faint dorsal line, met at the base by a very small 

 round fovea. Elytra twice and a quarter as long as wide, rugoseiy 

 punctate-striate ; the interstices also punctured ; sides slightly sinuate 

 above the middle ; apex of each somewhat produced and bidentate ; 

 the outer tooth much the longer. Beneath and legs punctured ; sides 

 of thorax, breast, and abdomen covered with a white sericeous pu- 

 bescence. 



Length 5^ lines, breadth I5. 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera vittata, H. Beyr. (MS.). (Plate X. fig. 40.) 



Capite thoraceque seneo-viridibus ; elytris punctato-striatis, nigris, 

 inarginibus lateralibus vittaque utrinque flavis ; subtus brunnea, pu- 

 bescens. 

 . Head and thorax bronzy green. Elytra purplish black, with their 

 lateral margins and a wide vitta on each extending almost from the 

 base for five-sixths of the entire length of the elytra, and gradually 

 becoming narrower as it approaches the apex, flavous. Beneath, 

 legs, and antennae cupreous brown. Head pixnctured, impressed be- 

 tween the eyes. Thorax at the base once a half as broad as long ; 

 anterior margin nearly straight and slightly elevated, two-thirds as 

 long as the base ; sides rounded ; base straight. 



Surface largely and deejily punctured ; disk with an impressed dorsal 

 line. Elytra twice and a quarter as long as wide ; punctate-striate ; 

 sides subparallel for two-thirds of their length ; apex of each with an 

 external tooth. Beneath and legs punctured, covered with short 

 white hairs. 



Length 6 lines, breadth 2. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



Stigmodera luteocincta. (Plate X. fig. 41.) 



Viridis, punctata; elytris punctatis, striatis, luteo cinctis, prsesertim 

 prope apicem ; subtus aureo-viridis, abdomine ferrugineo. 



Brassy green. Elytra entirely surrounded by a narrow testaceous belt, 

 the colour spreading on the apex and extending across the elytra for 

 about a third of their entire length from the apex ; close to the apex 

 is a small crescent-shaped spot of the same colour as the disk of the 

 elytra. Beneath of thorax, breast, legs, and antennae green ; abdomen 

 ferruginous. 



Head largely punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax once 

 and two-thirds as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly produced 

 and elevated, half as long as the base ; sides diverging for two-thirds 

 of their length, then slightly emarginate to the posterior angles ; 

 base almost straight ; surface deeply punctured, with a smooth dorsal 



