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INSECTA SAUNDERS!ANA. 
Stigmodera atricollis, PI. IT. fig. 33. 
Capite thoraceque ceneo-nigris, punctatis; elytris flavis punctato- 
striatis, apice utrinque spinosa, fascia transversali post me¬ 
dium, tribus maculis subbasalibus apiceque cyaneo-nigrts; 
subtus cyanea. 
Head and thorax bronzy black. Elytra flavous, with three 
small round spots in a transverse line below the base, placed, one 
on the suture and one on each shoulder, a transverse band, 
tridentate on its upper margin, below the middle, and the apex, 
cyaneous-black. Beneath cyaneous. 
Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax at the 
base once and three-quarters as broad as long; anterior margin 
slightly produced ; sides rounded just above the middle, then sub¬ 
parallel to the hinder angles ; base nearly straight; surface largely 
but somewhat remotely punctured, with a very faint dorsal line, 
which is slightly impressed near the anterior margin and just at 
the base. Elytra a little more than twice as long as wide, widest 
at the shoulders, punctate-striate; sides slightly sinuate below the 
shoulders; apex of each with a short external spine. Beneath 
deeply punctured. Length 51 lines; breadth If line. 
IIab. South Australia. 
Stigmodera pulchra, PI. II. fig. 34. 
Caput thoraxque aurei punctati, hie linea dorsali impressa; elytra 
sanguinea punctato-striata fasciis tribus cyaneo-nigris, apicibus 
cuspidatis; subtus viridi-aurea punctata. 
Head and thorax golden. Elytra sanguineous-red, with a 
short transverse band below the base, a second in the middle, 
which touches the sides, and a somewhat semicircular spot midway 
