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line. Elytra not quite twice as broad as long, punctate-striate, the 



interstices very finely punctured ; sides sinuate above the middle ; 



apex of each very finely emarginate. Beneath and legs punctured, 



covered with a short sericeous pubescence. 

 Length 7 lines, breadth 2-\. 

 Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera MiMus. (Plate X. fig. 42.) 



Capite cyaneo ; thorace ferrugineo, macula nigra antice ornato ; elytris 

 olivaceis, fascia prope apicem testacea ; subtus ferruginea, lateribus 

 nigro maculatis ; pedibus cyaneis. 



Head greenish black. Thorax sanguineous, with a large black trans- 

 verse spot extending along the anterior margin, but not quite 

 touching it, and produced on its inferior margin in the centre so as to 

 form a very much flattened T, black. Elytra olivaceous, with a band 

 just above the apex, and the lateral margin from behind the shoulder 

 to about its middle testaceous. Beneath croceous, with an oblong spot 

 on each side of the breast, a crescent-shaped spot in its centre, two 

 small lateral spots on each abdominal segment, and legs and antennae 

 cyaneous. 



Plead deeply punctured, longitudinally impressed between the eyes. 

 Thorax once and three-quarters as wdde as long; anterior margin 

 slightly emarginate, half as long as the base ; sides diverging in nearly 

 straight lines to the middle, then rounded and converging to the 

 posterior angles ; base with a shallow median lobe ; surface deeply 

 punctured throughout, with a faint smooth dorsal line. Elytra a 

 little more than once and three-quarters as long as wide, very densely 

 punctured, the punctures becoming larger and denser on the sides ; 

 sides deeply sinuate above the middle ; apices rounded. Beneath 

 and legs punctured, sparsely covered wdth very short white hairs. 



Length 7 lines, breadth 3. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Stigmodera subbifasciata. (Plate X. fig. 43.) 



Purpurea, punctata; elytris punctato-striatis, duabus fasciis flavis 

 utrinque; subtus punctata, purpurea. 



A-bove purple. Elytra with two transverse flavous bands, one situated 

 below the base, the other about a third of the entire length of the 

 elytra from the apex ; this latter is interrupted on the suture. 

 Beneath, legs, and antenn?e purple. Head punctured with an impressed 

 line between the eyes. Thorax once and a half as broad as long. 

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

 rounded ; base bisinuate ; surface punctured ; disk withan impressed 

 dorsal line. Elytra twice as long as wide, punctate-striate, the 

 third, fifth, seventh, and ninth interstices raised ; sides slightly 

 sinuate below the shoulders ; apex of each very finely emarginate and 

 bidentate. 



