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the external prominent ; punctate-striate, intervals nearly flat 

 and closely and finely punctate, basal border raised and 

 produced to form a short carina near scutellum. Underside 

 densely and finely punctate, almost glabrous. Dim., 

 8 x 2'5 mm. * 



Hah. — Queensland. Type in the National Museum, 

 Melbourne. 



Two specimens (the sexes) from the French Collection in 

 the Melbourne Museum are merely labelled Queensland. The 

 species is near gentilis, Kerr., in size, form, and markings, 

 except that in gentilis the basal spot is produced laterally, 

 while in pulchella the three antemedian spots on each elytron 

 are quite separated and clearly defined, while the hind fascia 

 is not widened and sanguineous on the margin as in gentilis, 

 and the apical lunation is more oblique, with the external 

 spine more prominent. 



Stigmodera leat, n. sp., or var. 

 PL x., fig. 3i. 



Oblong, entirely peacock-green or blue, except the elytra, 

 this with a latero-humeral spot, and preapical arcuate fascia 

 yellow, the last interrupted at the suture and produced back- 

 wards on the margins nearly to the apex. Sculpture, form, 

 and size as in cyanicollis, Boisd. Dim., 9 x 3i mm. 



Hub. — Tasmania: Huon River and West Coast. Types 

 in A. M. Lea's collection. 



Two species, male and female, of this pretty little species 

 vary only in the shade of colour, one being distinctly blue, 

 the other blue-green. It may only be a variety of cyanicollis, 

 Boisd., differing from the well-known Victorian and Tas- 

 manian var., viridis, C. and G., in the presence of the sub- 

 apical fascia ; but it certainly deserves nominal distinction. 



Stigmodera tincticauda, n. sp. 

 PL x., fig. 35. 



Elongate-subcylindric, attenuated at apex. Head, pro- 

 thorax, legs, and underside golden-green, elytra testaceous 

 with apical third gradually suffused with red, antennae and 

 tarsi coppery-bronze. 



Head and pronotum strongly and evenly punctate; the 

 former deeply excavated and channelled, the latter convex - 

 arcuate at apex, strongly bisinuate at base, all angles slightlv 

 produced and acute, sides feebly arcuately narrowed from 

 base to apex; disc with slight medial depression, terminating 

 in a basal fovea. Scutellum cordate, depressed, and punc- 

 tate. Elytra of same width as prothorax at base and two 

 and a half times as long; punctate-striate, the alternate- 



