_Julodimorpha bakewelli_ is found in South and Western Australia; it is a large handsome beetle with a deep coppery red thorax and deep yellow wing covers. It is elongate, but more cylindrical in form than the _Stigmodera_. The typical Australian Genus _Stigmodera_ contains about 240 described species which are found in open scrubby country where flowering shrubs are abundant; the extensive scrubs round Sydney, and similar class of country on the west coast of the continent are the head quarters of most of the larger species. _Stigmodera tibialis_ measures 2 inches in length, and is broad in proportion; the head, thorax and under surface black, with the wing covers reddish chestnut with two irregular bands of dull orange yellow across the apical half. _S. heros_ is half an inch longer, one of the giants of the group; it has the under surface dark bronzy brown, the dorsal surface deep dull red; the thorax finely punctured, and the elytra coarsely striated. Both these beetles range from South to Western Australia. _S. pascoei_ is a handsome rare species from Western Australia, measuring under 1 inches in length; it is of a rich yellow tint with the upper surface of the head, thorax, and legs rich metallic coppery red, and the apical third of the finely striated elytra black with a fiery red sheen. _S. thoracica_, slightly smaller, is black on the under surface except the sides of the thorax and tip of abdomen; the dorsal surface is yellow, except the head, a band through the centre of the thorax, and the tip of the wing covers which are bluish black. _S. fortnumi_ is one of the few large species found in the interior; it measures 1¾ inches in length, and is broad in proportion; the under surface is rich metallic green marked with yellow; the upper surface yellow with the greater part of the thorax and three broad bands across the elytra deep metallic blue.