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II cad deeply excavate, narrowly suleate, closely punctate. 

 Prothorax bulbous, apex straight, base strongly Insinuate, 

 /•sides widely rounded, widest at middle, anterior angles de- 

 pressed and obtuse, posterior depressed and acute, evenly and 

 rather closely punctate, with distinct medial depression ter- 

 minating in a basal foveate puncture. Sen tell urn subcordate, 

 minutely punctate. Elytra of same width as prothorax at 

 base, lightly enlarged at shoulders, and compressed at middle, 

 feebly attenuate behind and very minutely denticulate near 

 apical margins ; each apex minutely lunate and feebly 

 "bispinose. Underside minutely punctate and densely covered 

 "with short white pubescence. Dim., 9x3 mm. 



Rah. — Queensland: Endeavour River. Type in Macleay 

 Museum. 



A pretty little species, of which there are two examples 

 in the Macleay Museum, the type female, the other possibly 

 male. The elytral pattern is somewhat as in coccinata, Hope 

 {elegantula, White), but titan ia is narrower, with prothorax 

 differing in form and colour; nor has it the strong apical 

 spines of that species. Hope's insect, moreover, has a yellow 

 underside. It is perhaps nearest unicincta, Saund., in colour 

 •scheme, with a differently shaped base of elytra and additional 

 markings. Otherwise I know nothing amongst the smaller 

 species of the genus at all near it. The yellow margins of the 

 prothorax are unusual in their outline, somewhat as in 

 notaticolUs, above, but the yellow area is proportionately 

 much larger. 



Sttgmodera pulchella, n. sp. 

 PL x., fig. 33. 



Oblong, attenuated behind. Head, antennae, prothorax, 

 and elytra dark-blue, the last with pale-yellow markings as 

 follows : two large round spots near base, two large ante- 

 median pear-shaped spots situated behind the former (the 

 pear stalk directed upwards), a lateral ovate-triangular spot 

 placed on each side between the other spots, and an arcuate 

 anteapical fascia extending to the sides, but not to the 

 suture; underside and legs a rich purple-blue. 



Head excavated and canaliculate, closely and evenly 

 punctate. Prothorax globose, the apex feebly, base strongly 

 Insinuate, the middle lobe rounded and pronounced, sides 

 well rounded, widest at middle; disc closely and regularly 

 punctate, a smooth medial line faintly indicated on basal half, 

 all angles a little produced, depressed, and wide. Scutell inn 

 subcordate, concave, and punctate. Elytra widened behind 

 shoulders and again behind the middle, sides not at all 

 serrated, apex lunate and bispinose, the internal spine minute, 



