COLEOPTERA. 
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Thorax widest above the middle, once and two-thirds as wide ag 
long at the base; anterior margin elevated and produced in the 
middle, two-thirds as long as the base; sides much rounded; 
posterior angles slightly acute; base with a narrow lobe ; surface 
punctured, but very shining; near each posterior angle is a faint 
depression, in which the punctures are placed nearer together. 
Elytra twice as long as wide, punctate-striate; sides almost 
parallel; apex of each slightly emarginate, with a strong external 
spine. Beneath and legs punctured, especially on the sides, and 
with very fine short silvery hairs. Length 6i lines; breadth 
2-£ lines. 
Stigmodera flava, PI. II. fig. 25. 
Flava, capite punctata, inter oculos impresso; thorace punctato 
margine anteriori elevata, lateribus prope angulis posteri- 
oribus rotundatis; elytris punctato-striatis apicibus integris; 
subtus punctata. 
Flavous; sides of the head, antennae, and a spot on each 
femora near the knee, bluish green. 
Head punctured, depressed between the eyes. Thorax at the 
base three-quarters as broad again as long; anterior margin raised, 
produced in the centre and at the angles ; sides diverging for about 
three-quarters of their length, then converging to the base, which 
is shallowly bisinuate; surface deeply and largely punctured; 
dorsal line impressed at the base. Elytra once and three-quarters 
as long as wide, finely punctured and punctate-striate; sides 
slightly sinuate above the middle; apex of each rounded. Length 
6 lines ; breadth 31 lines. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
Stigmodera punctiventris, PI. II. fig. 26. 
Capite thoraceque ceneis punctatis, hujus tinea dorsali Icevi prope 
basin elevata; elytris testaceis, basi, apice, maculaque utrinque 
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