480 MB. E. SAUNBEKS ON NEW SPECIES OF STIGMODEBA. 



Beneath and legs punctured, with scattered white hairs. 

 Length 5^ Hnes, breadth IJ. 

 Hab. Austraha. 



Stigmodera amplipennis. (Plate X. fig. 44.) 



Capite thoraceque nigris, punctatis; elytris punctatis, striatis, ferru- 

 gineis, apice nigro ; subtus cyanea. 



Head and thorax black. Elytra croceous, with the suture and apex black. 

 Beneath, legs, and antennae cyaneous black. 



Head finely punctured, deeply channelled between the eyes. Thorax 

 once and three-quarters as broad as long at the base ; anterior margin 

 raised, emarginate, half as long as the base ; sides diverging in rather 

 curved lines for about five-sixths of their length, then rounded to the 

 posterior angles ; base bisinuate ; surface largely but sparsely punc- 

 tured, with a smooth dorsal line met at the base by a large puncture. 

 Elytra once and two-thirds as long as wide, deeply crenate-striate j 

 the interstices raised, and largely punctured ; sides much sinuate 

 below the shoulders, then swelling out and converging to the apex, 

 which is emarginate and somewhat bidentate. Beneath and legs punc- 

 tured, covered with short grey hairs. 



Length 7 lines, breadth 3. 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera maculipennis. (Plate X. fig. 45.) 



Capite thoraceque nigris, nitentibus ; elytris punctato-striatis, rubris, 

 macula magna in disco posita apiceque nigris ; subtus nitida, cyanea 

 et punctata. 



Head and thorax black. Elytra miuiatous, with a large somewhat 

 triangular black spot on their disk, the sides gradually rounded, and 

 the apex of the same colour ; the centre of the discal spot is situated 

 as near as possible in the middle of the elytra. Beneath, legs, and 

 antennae dark cyaneous blue. 



Head finely punctured, deeply channelled between the eyes. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly raised, half as long 

 as the base, with a shallow median lobe ; surface shining, finely and 

 regularly punctured, near each posterior angle is a small round punc- 

 tured fovea. Elytra once and three-quarters as long as wide ; punc- 

 tate-striate, the interstices much raised; sides sinuate below the 

 shoulders, swelling out again behind the middle ; apex of each trun- 

 cate, with a short external tooth. Beneath and legs finely punc- 

 tured, covered with a very short fine pubescence. 



Length 7 lines, breadth 2^. 



Hab. New S. Wales. 



Stigmodera elongata. (Plate X. fig. 46.) 



Capite et thorace viridi-seneisj punctatis; elytris punctato-striatis, 

 testaceis, sutura late cyanea ; subtus cyanea, punctata. 



