Abstract: Forty-two species of Buprestidae in nine genera were collected and observed in the Glenbrook area of the Blue Mountains N.S.W. during 1975-77. Specimens of three of these species were also collected from Wentworth Falls and Medlow Bath, in the higher Blue Mountains, during early 1977. A list of the jewel beetles, their occurrence, food plants and dates of collection, is included. Field observations on flight behaviour, feeding, defence and escape mechanisms, grooming and pollination are recorded and discussed. All of these aspects were not observed in every species mentioned. Stigmodera macularia (Don.), S. variabilis (Don.) and Cisseis leucosticta (Kirby) are figured.

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