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Stigmodera punctatissima, PL II. fig. 36. 
Caput thoraxque cyaneo-nigri, hie dense punctatus linea dorsali 
impressa; elytra ftava , p'unctato-striata, subcostata, apicibus 
integris, tribus j'asciis cyaneis ornata; subtus cyanea. 
Head and thorax cyaneous-black. Elytra flavous, with a narrow 
band below the shoulders, not touching the lateral margins, a 
broad one behind the middle touching them, and a semi¬ 
circular spot between it and the apex, cyaneous. The suture 
from the base to the subapical spot is of the same colour. 
Beneath cyaneous. 
Head deeply punctured, excavated between the eyes. Thorax 
at the base once and three-quarters as broad as long; anterior 
margin straight; sides rounded; base nearly straight; surface 
deeply and closely punctured, with an impressed dorsal line, 
and a slight lateral fovea near each posterior angle. Elytra 
twice as long as wide, deeply and closely punctured, striated; 
the third and fifth interstices raised, especially at the base; 
sides slightly sinuate below the shoulders; apex rounded. Be¬ 
neath punctured, sparsely covered with short grey hairs. Length 
5 lines; breadth If line. 
Hab. Australia. 
Stigmodera punctato-sulcata (Laf. MSS.), PI. II. fig. 37. 
Caput thoraxque cenei punctati, hie angulis posterioribus foveatis; 
elytris punctato-costatis, fasciis tribus cyaneis ornatis, mar- 
ginibus sanguineis; subtus punctata viridis; pedibus cyaneis. 
Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra flavous, with their margins 
sanguineous, and with the base, suture, two transverse bands and a 
semicircular spot above the apex, cyaneous-black. Beneath green; 
legs cyaneous. 
Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax at the 
base once and three-quarters as broad as long; anterior margin 
