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black spot at the base : pronotum reel with a central black 

 macula covering a large portion of disc ; elytra red with a 

 narrow basal border and the apex black ; underside black, 

 with the prosternum, spots on the mesosternum and meta- 

 sternum, and a transverse band on each abdominal segment 

 red : legs variegated, the upper-surface of femora and base 

 of tibiae black, the rest and tarsi red. 



Head widely excavated between the eyes, rather distantly 

 and clearly punctate. Prothorax moderately convex, sides 

 rather strongly widened behind middle, thence gradually 

 converging to the apex and more suddenly towards the base,, 

 apex slightly, the base strongly bisinuate, apex somewhat 

 advanced at middle, the middle lobe of base wide, with the 

 base of elytra subangularly produced forward halfway between 

 the scutellum and posterior angles, the last subacute; disc 

 with clear round punctures, irregularly not closely placed, a 

 smooth medial line on basal half.* Scutellum subcordate, 

 raised, with depressed centre, and finely punctate. Elytra 

 rather flat, slightly expanded and widest at the shoulders, 

 compressed at middle and thence converging to the apex; 

 each elytron strongly bispinose at apex, the exterior spine the 

 longer, space between spines rather narrow ; striate-punctate, 

 seriate punctures small and close, intervals moderately convex, 

 more strongly so towards sides and apex, and transversely 

 striolate, with a few small punctures. Underside glabrous, 

 evenly and finely punctate. Dim., 14 x 5 mm. 



Hah.— Queensland. Type in National Museum, Mel- 

 bourne. 



A single specimen from the French Collection in the 

 Melbourne Museum is labelled "Queensland, sp. nov." the 

 last words in the handwriting of the late Canon Blackburn. 

 It is not very close to any described species, and may be 

 recognized by its unusually coloured pronotum and the 

 variegated legs and underside. 



Stigmodera haswet.li, n. sp. 

 PI. x., fig. 24. 

 Cylindric, robust. Head, pronotum, and sternum dark- 

 green, the first blue at apex, the second with bronzy reflec- 

 tions, scutellum and legs blue, elytra orange-vellow, sanguine- 

 ous at base and margins, with extreme base narrowly, and 

 seven large spots bright blue ; two oval placed obliquely 

 behind the shoulder, with a club-shaped spot on suture 

 between these, having a narrow extension to the scutellum, 

 three forming an interrupted postmedial fascia, the sutural 

 spot of these diamond-shaped (in one example narrowly con- 

 nected on one side with the lateral spot), the two lateral 



