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almost without) any interruption of their symmetry through 



some punctures being placed out of line with the others. The 



elytra of this species are much more strongly striate than those 



of the following species (P. ohovata). 



Victoria. 



P. OBOVATA, Chp. (vulgaris, Chp.). 



Of this species I have a pair named by Dr. Chapuis. Presum- 

 ing them to be really conspecific, the insect is distinguished 

 (among the species having the elytral series symmetric, the elytra 

 with a shallow depression behind the humeral callus, and the 

 prothorax devoid of black markings) by the following characters 

 in combination, viz., antennae with the joints of their apical half 

 cylindric or nearly so, female with the interstices of the elytral 

 series more or less convex, elytra of male not quite non-striate. 

 In the examples of ohovata before me the elytra are of a pale 

 testaceous colour faintly tessellated with small whitish spots, and 

 I think they had (when alive) some obscure golden colouring 

 about the base of the elytra. I have also an example in my 

 collection (from Queensland) which seems to be P. ohovata. The 

 colour of dried specimens is no doubt variable. I have examples 

 named vulgaris by Dr. Chapuis which I am unable to separate 

 from those named ohovata by the same learned author, nor do I 

 find any definite distinction of characters in the descriptions 

 under the two names. 



P. BASALIS, Chp. 



With this insect commences a series of species distinguished 

 by the following characters : — Elytra devoid of well-defined 

 metallic pattern, having their seriate punctures extremely sym- 

 metrical, devoid of systematic lateral inequalities, and with the 

 punctures of the series fine and close (in the 9th and 10th series 

 three punctures in a length not or scarcely greater than the width 

 of the interstice between those series). The lateral confusedly 

 punctured part of the elytra is absolutely non-rugulose, and its 

 sculpture (disregarding the fine puncturation exactly like that of 

 the interstices of the series, which is continued evenly over its 



