COLEOPTERA. 
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between it and the apex, cyaneous-black. Beneath and legs 
golden. 
Head punctured, impressed between the eyes. Thorax at the 
base once and three-quarters as broad as long; anterior margin 
elevated, straight; sides rounded; base nearly straight; surface 
deeply punctured, with a slightly impressed dorsal line, met at 
the base by a deep puncture. Elytra punctate-striate, twice as 
long as wide; sides sinuate below the shoulders; apex of each 
simply pointed. Beneath and legs punctured. Length 5| lines; 
breadth If line. 
Hab. North-Western Australia. 
Stigmodera recta, PI. II. fig. 35. 
Parallela, ccipite tlioraceque ceneis punctatis, hide lateribus rotun- 
datis; elytris punctato-striatis, croceis , fasciis tribus cyaneis 
Grnatis ; subtus amea punctata. 
Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra reddish testaceous, with a 
narrow band below the base, a second wider one slightly below the 
middle, and a semicircular spot between it and the apex, produced 
on its lower margin so as to cover it, cyaneous-black. Beneath 
and legs bronzy. 
Head deeply punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax 
slightly more than once and a half as broad as long at the base; 
anterior margin slightly produced; sides rounded; base nearly 
straight; surface largely punctured, with a smooth dorsal line. 
Elytra twice as long as wide, punctate-striate; sides subparallel 
for two-thirds of their length; apex of each with a sharp external 
point. Beneath and legs deeply punctured, covered with short 
grey hairs. Length 5f lines; breadth H line. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
