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12. Pterohel^us piceus, Kirby, 



Melceus piceus, Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. XII. 1818, j). 

 468. 



Pterohelceus piceus, Breme, Mon. Cossyph. 1842, p. 28, pi. II. 

 fig. 5. 



Like P. Walkeri but smaller. Colour piceous- brown, nitid. 

 Broadly oval ; head scarcely visibly punctate, labrum prominent, 

 .sides of the epicraniuma little raised; thorax strongly transversal, 

 slightly convex, rounded on each side and smootli, almost straight 

 at the base ; the margin broad, slightly curved up at the border ; 

 the anterior angles reaching half the length of the head. Elytra 

 slightly convex, oval, abossor callus on the humeral region, margins 

 smooth, as large as those of the thorax, equally concave and reddish 

 coloured, and narrower towards the apex. On the disk of each 

 elytron are numerous slightly elevated cost^e (17) more distinct near 

 the suture, with a distinct line of punctures in each interval, the last 

 line next the margin of much larger punctures. Last joint of the 

 antenme I'ed. Legs and under surface of body are as in P. Walkeri, 

 the hinder border of the abdominal segments red. 



Long. 8h lines, lat. 5| lines. 



ffab. — N. S. Wales, S. Australia, &c. 



This species seems to have a wide range. I have specimens of 

 it, or closely resembling it, from all parts of New South Wales, 

 from South Australia and from Queensland. These insects are 

 generally found under bark. 



13. PTEROHELiEus Pascoei, Macl. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. II. 1872, p. 282. 



Broadly ovate, black, opaque. Head scarcely enlarged before 

 the eyes, broadly rounded in front, finely canaliculate between the 

 eyes, and with a semicircular line or suture extending across, and 



