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a little smaller than A. abnormis, Macl., but otherwise does not 

 appear to differ from its typical congeners, either structurally or 

 h\ Jades. In Sir W. Macleay's grouping of the Anoplognathi 

 (Tr. E.S., N.S.W., II., pp. 353-4) it should be placed, I think, in 

 the group containing rugosus, Kirby, pectoralis, Burm., and 

 dispar, Macl., from all of which it differs widely inter alia by the 

 subobsolete puncturation of its elytra. 

 N. Queensland ; Mr. French. 



BUPRESTIM1 



STIGMODERA. 



In the Ann. Soc Ent., Belg., 1898, there is a lengthy paper 

 by M. Kerremans containing descriptions of a large number of 

 new Buprestidai, chiefly from Australia. Having recently been 

 revising the Stigmoderce of my own collection, and of the South 

 Australian Museum, I have taken the opportunity to study M. 

 Kerremans' late work somewhat closely as far as concerns the 

 genus Stigmodera, and in the following notes I record the result, 

 and add some remarks on certain other Stigmoderce, together 

 with the description of some new species. 



S. triangulosa, Kerr. (l.c.)=terrce-regince, Blackb. (Tr. Roy. 

 Soc, S.A., 1893, p. 295). It seems to me doubtful whether both 

 these names will not have to be dropped in favor of S. biguttata, 

 Macl. (Trans. Ent. Soc, N.S.W., I., p. 24) — a name that was 

 applied to an insect which (judged by the description) might 

 well be a variety of the species I (and subsequently M. 

 Kerremans) described under the above names. 



S. campestns, Kerr., nom. prseocc (Blackb , Tr. Roy. Soc, S.A., 

 1897, p. 31) I propose for it the name subgrata. In spite of its 

 being, as M. Kerremans points out, extremely close to «$. grata, 

 Saund., the apical truncature of its elytra inter alia seems incon- 

 sistent with its being a mere variety. 



8. sensitiva, Kerr. (l.c.)=S. victoriensis, Blackb. (Tr. Roy. S., 

 S.A., 1890, p. 152). 



8. laudabilis, Kerr. (I.e.). Judging by the description I should 

 say this insect is 8. Skusei, Blackb. (Tr. Roy. S., S.A., 1892, 

 p. 46). 



S~ verax, Kerr. (I.e.). This species must be very close to (if not 

 identical with) 8. Mastersi, Macl. (Tr. Ent. Soc, N.S.W., II., 

 p. 245). 



8. colorata, Kerr, (I.e.), nom. pr^eocc. (Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc, 

 Lond., 1847, p. 283). I propose the name dulcis for this hand- 

 some species, of which there is a fine example in the S.A. 

 Museum. 



8. acuminata, Kerr. (I.e.). This species seems to be without 

 doubt identical with 8. acutipennis, Thorns. 



