MR. E. SAUNDERS ON NEW SPECIES OF STIGMODEEA. 481 



Head cyaneous. Tliorax bronzy-green, with cyaneous reflections. Ely- 

 tra testaceous, with a wide cyaneous stripe down the suture. Be- 

 neath, legs, and antennae cyaneous, with green reflections. 



Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax not quite twice 

 as wide as long at the base ; anterior margin nearly straight and 

 raised, half as long as the base ; sides regularly rounded ; base bi- 

 sinuate, surface largely punctured, with an impressed dorsal line, and 

 a shght impression on each lateral margin near the posterior angle. 

 Elytra twice as long as wide, punctate-striate ; sides subparallel till 

 slightly past the middle, then converging to their apices, each of 

 which is armed with a short, external, somewhat bent-inwards spine. 

 Beneath and legs punctured very sparsely, covered with a few short 

 hairs. 



Length 9 lines, breadth 3. 



Hab. Swan Riv^r. 



Stigmodera jucunda. (Plate X. fig. 47.) 



Capite et thorace viridi-aureis, punctatis ; elytris flavis, punctato-striatis, 

 apice cyaneo ; subtus aureo-viridis. 



Head and thorax golden. Elj^ra flavous, with the apex green. Be- 

 neath, legs, and antennae brassy-green. 



Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax once and three- 

 quarters as wide as long; anterior margin raised and slightly pro- 

 duced, half as long as the base ; sides regularly rounded ; base with 

 a shallow median lobe ; surface deeply and largely punctured, with a 

 smooth dorsal line met at the base by two short very small lon- 

 gitudinal impressions. Elytra not quite twice as long as wide, punc- 

 tate-striate, sides deeply sinuate above the middle, apices largely 

 rounded. Beneath and legs punctured, with a short white pubes- 

 cence. 



Length 8 lines, breadth 3 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



Stigmodera bimaculata. (Plate X. fig. 48.) 



Capite thoraceque cupreis, punctatis ; elytris testaceis, punctato-striatis, 

 utrinque macula parva post medium posita apiceque nigris; subtus 

 cuprea, abdomine flavo. 



Head and thorax cupreous. Elytra testaceous, with a small round 

 spot on each, just behind the middle, and the apex black. Beneath 

 of thorax, breast, and legs and antennae cupreous. Abdomen 

 flavous. 



Head punctured, excavated between the eyes ; there is also an impres- 

 sion on each side between the excavation and the eye, joining the 

 former near the top of the forehead. Thorax, at the base, once and 

 a half as broad as long ; anterior margin produced in the centre, half 

 as long as the base ; sides diverging in nearly straight lines for not 

 quite two-thirds of their length, then converging in rather emarginate 



