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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Head punctured, deeply excavated between the eyes. Thorax 
at the base half as broad again as long; anterior margins pro¬ 
duced in the centre; sides diverging in slightly curved lines to the 
centre, then sharply rounded and converging almost to the posterior 
angles, which are produced and very acute. Base with a large 
rounded median lobe; surface largely and deeply punctured; 
dorsal line slightly impressed, met at the base by a very large 
puncture. Elytra once and three quarters as long as wide, finely 
punctured and punctate-striate; sides sinuate above the middle; 
apex largely rounded. Beneath and legs punctured, covered with 
short grey hairs. Length 8 lines ; breadth 3i lines. 
Hab. Moreton Bay. 
StIGMODERA OCHRE1VENTRIS, E. S., PL I. fig. 11. 
Caput thoraxque cuprei; hnjus lateribus prope basin cmgulatis , 
punctatus margine anteriori elevato; elytra flava punctato- 
striata, sutura , macula minuti humerali, fascia post medium, 
maculaque apicali nigro-cyaneis ; subtus cuprea; ventro 
flavo. 
Head and thorax coppery. Elytra brownish yellow, with the 
basal third of the suture, a small spot on each shoulder, a straight 
transverse band below the middle and the apex, cyaneous. Beneath, 
of thorax and breast coppery, abdomen brownish yellow. 
Head punctured, channelled between the eyes. Thorax at 
the base once and three-quarters as broad as long; anterior 
margin raised, slightly produced; sides diverging for nearly three- 
quarters of their length, then slightly converging to the base; 
posterior angles nearly right angles. Base almost straight. Sur¬ 
face largely and deeply punctured ; puncturation much closer on the 
sides. There is a slight impression near each posterior angle 
and a very large puncture on the base just above the scutellum. 
Elytra punctate-striate, the interstices finely punctured, once 
and three-quarters as long as wide; sides sinuate above the 
middle apex of each with a fine sutural emargination. Beneath 
