INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA, &c. 
-O- 
COLEOPTERA. 
Fam. BUPRESTHLE. 
Stigmodera parvicollis,\P1. I. fig. 1. 
Fusca; capite piloso; thorace ruguloso, lined dorsali elevata 
lateribus rotundatis crenulatis; elytris valde striatis, apicibus 
integris, subtus cenea rugulosa . 
Head bronzy. Thorax and elytra brown ; beneath bronzy. 
Head punctured, furrowed in the middle, covered with short 
grey hairs. Thorax at the base once and two-thirds as broad as 
long; anterior margin raised, much produced in the middle, scarcely 
half as long as the base; sides rounded, their greatest divergence 
being about the middle of the thorax, where each forms a very 
obtuse angle; posterior angles acute; base with a wide median 
lobe; surface rugose, especially at the sides. Elytra punctured 
and deeply striated, not quite twice as long as widesides slightly 
sinuate above the middle; apex rounded. Beneath sparingly 
covered with short grey hairs on the abdomen and rugosely 
punctured, so as to give a worm-eaten appearance. Legs punc¬ 
tured. Length 16 lines; breadth lines. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
Stigmodera congener, PI. I. fig. 2. 
Caput, thoraxque virides, valde punctati , hujus margine anteriori 
rotundato, lateribus rotundatis , basi recto; elytris sanguineis, 
punetato-striatis , tribus fasciis cyaneis ornatis; subtus fiava, 
viridi-ornata. 
B 
