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INSECTA SAUNDEKS1ANA. 
humerali cyaneis, punctato-striatis apice utrinque bispinosa; 
subtus ceneci valde punctata. 
Head and thorax bronzy. Elytra testaceous, with the base, a 
small round spot on each shoulder and the apex, cyaneous. 
Beneath and legs bronzy. 
Head deeply punctured and channelled between the eyes. 
Thorax once and three-quarters as broad as long at the base; 
anterior margin emarginate, slightly raised; sides diverging in 
nearly straight lines for about three-quarters of their length, 
then rounded to the posterior angles; base with a shallow median 
lobe; surface deeply punctured, the punctures closer together 
on the sides, with a smooth dorsal line slightly elevated at the 
base. Elytra punctate-striate, nearly twice as long as wide ; sides 
slightly sinuate above the middle; posterior margins very finely 
denticulate just above the apex, which is armed on each elytron 
with two sharp spines, the outer one the larger of the two. 
Beneath and legs largely and deeply punctured, with a few scattered 
short hairs. Length 7 lines; breadth 21 lines. 
Hab. Gawler, Australia. 
Stigmodera moribunda, PL II. fig. 27. 
Caput thoraxque cenei , virides, illud inter oculos impressum, hie 
valde punctatus linea dorsali iwpressa; elytris Jiavis punc- 
tato-striatis, apice utrinque minutissime emaryinata atque 
nigra; subtus ceneo viridis punctata. 
Head and thorax bronzy green. Elytra fiavous, with the base 
bronzy green, and the suture and apex narrowly cyaneous-black. 
Beneath bronzy green. 
Head punctured, widely channelled between the eyes. Thorax 
at the base nearly twice as wide as long; anterior margin nearly 
straight and slightly raised; sides rounded; base with a narrow 
median lobe; surface closely punctured; dorsal line impressed, 
the impression widening much at the base; there is also a 
triangular fovea near each posterior angle. Elytra once and tw r o- 
