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of canthus, sides widening in a regular curve to near base, then a 

 little narrowed, not sinuate, at the acutely undentate posterior 

 angles; base trisinuate, foliate margins wide (at base together 

 nearly equal to width of disc), nearly horizontal, extreme borders 

 very thick and round at sides (seen sideways very concave and 

 carinate above and below), obsolete at base and very narrow at 

 apex; disc with central line faintly indicated near base, very 

 minutely punctate (only apparent under high power lens), with 

 some obscure fovese at base, the most evident of these one 

 at middle, and one near each side. Scutellum transversely 

 triangular, minutely punctate. Elytra widely oval, depressed in 

 front, convex near apex, wider than prothorax at base, widest 

 near middle, sides Very gently curved and widely rounded at 

 apex, shoulders subangulate and obtuse, foliate margins wide, 

 subhorizontal and very gradually narrowed to apex, reflexed 

 border not so thick as that of prothorax (seen sideways, of .same 

 or even greater width than that of prothorax, carinate below, 

 folded above), smooth and inipunctate, junction with disc marked 

 by row of large punctures becoming smaller from base to apex, 

 immediately above this a row of smaller punctures on sides of disc 

 becoming obsolete behind : disc with six obscure broad and little 

 raised costse on each elytron, their ridges forming distinct 

 undulating (almost ' zig-zag ') lines, obsolete at apex; between 

 these? are very faint indications of minute lineate punctures, seen 

 more distinctly near suture. Pro- and mesosternum minutely 

 granulose, anterior coxee with square carinate Vjorder, abdomen 

 and femora very minutely punctate, tibiae slightly pilose, under 

 surface of tibite and tarsi clothed with golden tomentum. 

 Dimensions 17x13 mm. 



Hah. — Stanthorpe, South Queensland. 



A single specimen (2) has been received from Mr. C. French. 

 It is evidently distinct from all described members of Macleay's 

 first section of the genus. Of a more widened oval form than 

 P. piceus Kirb}'^, with more convex disc, wider and more horizontal 

 margins. The sculpture is somewhat obscure, presenting the 

 appearance of ilattened crenulate costse, of which four are most; 



