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INSKCTA SAUNDERS!ANA. 
elevated, nearly straight; sides rounded; base with a very shallow 
median lobe. Surface largely and deeply punctured; hind angles 
each with a curved lateral fovea. Elytra once and three-quarters 
as long as wide, punctate-striate, the second, fourth and sixth 
interstices raised; sides sinuate above the middle; apex of each 
with a short external spine. Beneath punctured, covered with 
short grey hairs. Length 6| lines; breadth 2i lines. 
Hab. Australia. 
Stigmodera testacea, PI. II. fig. 20. 
Testacea, fortiter punctata; capite inter oculos impresso; tliorace, 
basi bisinuata, linea dorsali impressa, foveaque utrinque late- 
rali prope angulo posteriori posita; elytris subcostatis apicibus 
fuscis integris; subtus punctata. 
Testaceous; apex of the elytra brownish. 
Head punctured, impressed between the eyes. Thorax at 
the base once and three-quarters as broad as long. Anterior 
margin nearly straight; sides rounded for about half their length, 
then converging in nearly straight lines to the posterior angles. 
Base bisinuate. Surface largely and shallowly punctured, with a 
slight transverse depression above the scutellum and with the 
dorsal line impressed. There is also a deep lateral impression 
near each posterior angle, giving the sides of the thorax a strongly 
raised appearance. Elytra rugosely punctured and punctate- 
striate, twice as long as wide, four of the interstices on each 
raised, especially near the base; sides swelling out slightly behind 
the middle; apex rounded. Beneath and legs punctured. Length 
4 lines; breadth If line. 
Stigmodera costalis, PI. II. fig. 21. 
Capite thoraceque ceneis punctatis, hujus margine anteriori elevata; 
basi trifoveata; elytris rubris quadricostatis , inter costas dense 
punctatis; sutura nigra prope apicern in macula dilata; 
apicibus minutissime bidentatis; subtus cyanea punctata. 
