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Subgenus A. Table of Stigmodera. elytra pitted. 



1-9. Elytra without coloured fasciae. 



-2-6. Elytra yellow. 



3. E'lytral fovea e small, more or less concolorous with elytra 



apex widely bidentate — Qoryi, C. & G. ; curtisi, Hope. 

 4-6. Elytral foveae large, and black. 

 *5. Apex of each elytron simply rounded — macularia, Don.; 



cicatricosa, Dalm. 



6. Apex of each elytron bispinose (with oblique excision) — 



jacquinoti, Boisd. 



7. Elytra brown-red, foveae black, apex subtruncate — 



porosa, n. sp. 



8. Elytra red, foveae green, apex dentate — sanguinosa, 



Hope. 



9. Upper surface brilliant golden-green — gratiosa, Che v. ; 



smaragdinea, Hope. 

 10-12. Elytra with coloured fasciae. 



11. Thorax and underside brilliant coppery-green — roei, 



Saund, ; cancellata, Boisd.; vescoei, Gehin. 



12. Thorax and underside dull - blue or green — cancellata, 



Don.; dejeani, Hope; clcjcaniana, Boisd. 



Note. — The geographical distribution of the above 

 is curious, the first four species being peculiar to the 

 eastern side, the last four to the western side of 

 Australia. 



Subgenus B. Themognatha, elytra striate, tarsal hooks 

 lobed or toothed at base. 



1-3. Tibiae enlarged and toothed on the external border. 



2. Prothorax with yelloAv margins, abdomen yellow — dnponti, 



Boisd.; stevensi, Gehin. 



3. Prothorax concolorous, abdomen bronze — tibialis, "Waterh. 

 4-117. Tibiae normal. 



5-71. Elytra without coloured fasciae. 



6-23. Elytra entirely red or yellow. 



7-15. Prothorax concolorous. 



8-10. Prothorax red (sometimes with bronzy reflections). 



9. Alternate intervals of elytra costate — hcros, Gehin. 



10. Intervals regularly convex — parryi, Hope; fusca, Saund. ; 



parvicollis, Saund.; major, \Vaterh. ; picea, Kerr. 



11. Prothorax bronze — chalcoclcra, Thorns. 

 12-14. Prothorax brassy-green. 



13. Abdomen chiefly yellow — brucki, Tlioms. 



14. Abdomen brassy-green — sanguineocincta, Saund. ; alcyone } 



Thorns. ; coelestis, Thorns. 



15. Prothorax black — aestimata, Kerr. 

 16-23. Prothorax with red or yellow margins. 

 17-19. Disc of pronotum black. 



18. Margins of pronotum red, underside blue — sanguini- 



pennis, C. and G. ; cincticollis, Kerr. 



19. Margins of pronotum yellow, underside black — flavo- 



marginata, G. and H. ; cruentata, Murray. 

 20-22. Prothorax green, with red margins. 

 '21. Elytra! apices simple — menalcas, Thorns. 



22. Elytra! apices strongly bispinose — lobicollis, Saund. 



