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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Sttgmodera obscura, PI. II. fig. 39. 
Caput thoraxque cenei , hie lateribus valde rotundatis angidis 
posterioribus acutis, bast lobato, punctatus linea dorsali 
impressa; elytra punctato-striata duabus fasciis apieeque 
cyaneis; subtus cyaneo punctata. 
Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra flavous, with two transverse 
bands; the apex and the suture between the basal band and the 
apex cyaneous-black. Beneath cyaneous. 
Head deeply punctured, impressed between the eyes. Thorax 
at the base once and a half as wide as long; anterior margin 
nearly straight; sides much rounded, in the middle, but very 
slightly sinuate just above the posterior angles, which are acute; 
base with a rather deep median lobe; surface deeply punctured; 
dorsal line slightly impressed, met at its base by a large puncture. 
Elytra nearly twice as long as wide, punctate-striate; sides 
sinuate below the shoulders; apex of each with a blunt external 
tooth. Beneath and legs punctured, the latter slightly hairy. 
Length 4 lines: breadth Ii line. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
Stigmodera parva, PL II. fig. 40. 
Caput thoraxque aureo-virides, nitidi, punctati; thorax angulis 
posterioribus subfoveatis; elytra cupreo-fusca utrinque macu- 
lis sex jlavis ornata, apicibus subtruncatis; subtus viridis 
punctata. 
Head and thorax golden green; sides of the latter green. 
Elytra coppery brown, each with three yellow spots on the disk, 
the two nearer the base nearly round, the one near the apex 
transverse and sinuate; there are also three spots of the same 
colour on the lateral margin, viz. an elongate one behind the 
shoulder, a semicircular one near the middle, and a very narrow 
marginal one near the apex. Beneath golden green. 
