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«ind a red spot at middle near base. Elytra with dark 

 "violaceous markings as follows: base, apex (widely), post- 

 medial fascia, oval shoulder vitta ; suture, the last widened 

 into a diamond-shape spot opposed to the lateral vitta, the 

 prothoracic margin narrow in front, much widened behind 

 (as in 8-spilotaJ. Form oblong, scarcely enlarged behind 

 middle. There are two specimens in the Macleay Museum. 

 The name should be kept for this well-marked Queensland 

 variety. 



Stigmodera serratipennis, n. sp. 

 PI. x., fig. 22. 



Elongate-ovate. Head, pronotum, and scutellum violet- 

 black, the first with a large yellow spot, the second with the 

 margins widely yellow ; elytra violaceous, large oval base, 

 small preapical, epipleural spots, and two fasciae yellow, one 

 medial the other postmedial, both extending to sides but^iot 

 to the suture; centre and flanks of prosternum, the greater 

 part of mesosternum and metasternum, first abdominal seg- 

 ment, and the middle and sides of the other segments yellow, 

 the rest of underside and legs bronze-black, with short sparse 

 hairs. 



Head slightly concave, widely channelled, with sparse 

 round punctures. Prothorax straight in front, lightly 

 bisinuate behind, anterior angles obtuse, posterior rectangular, 

 widest behind middle, sides evenly rounded, disc moderately 

 punctate, with smooth medial line. Scutellum cordate, deeply 

 foveate or subsulcate on anterior half. Elytra convex, 

 :slightly widened at shoulders, sides gradually narrowing 

 behind, strongly and coarsely serrated on apical third; 

 •extreme apex lunate, with each clearly bispinose, the sutural 

 spine short, the outer dentate. Dim., 15-16 x 5-6 mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Cue (H. W. Brown). 



Two specimens examined come very near the well-known 

 ■S-S2)ilota, C. and G., and 10-macnlata, Kirby, but differ from 

 both in — (1) elytral pattern, the medial and postmedial spots 

 being replaced by fasciae extending to the sides; (2) legs and 

 ■dark portions of underside dark-bronze, instead of blue or 

 variegated, with more dark colour than in the above- 

 mentioned species; (3) the strong serration of apical border 

 of elytra (entire in 8-spilota and 10-maculata) : (4) each apex 

 bispinose, instead of trispinose. Type in the author's 

 collection. 



Stigmodera maculicollis, n. sp. 

 PI. x., fig. 23. 



<$ . Elongate-ovate, attenuated in front and behind. 

 Head and antennae black, the excavate front red, with a 



