536 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. IV. 



dispersedly punctate, black, the lateral margins dilated, scarcely 

 reflected, smooth, piceous and more or less diaphanous. Elytra 

 finely but densely striate-punctate, the alternate interstices finely 

 and remotely seriate-granulate, the granules more or less elevated, 

 in the large specimens for the most part less distinct, black, the 

 lateral margins somewhat piceous and diaphanous. Body beneath 

 blackish -piceo as, legs lighter. 



Long. 6|-7 lines, lat. 3^ and 3| lines. 



Hob. — South Australia. 



32. Pterohel^us tristis, German 



Cilibe tristis, Germ. Linn. Ent. Stettin. Band 3, p. 197. 



Entirely black, subnitid, the tarsi somewhat piceous. Head 

 densely punctate, thorax densely and very finely punctate, 

 the punctures rather large and scattered, the sides broadly 

 flattened, sub-elevated and finely transversely striolate. Elytra 

 profoundly and densely seriate-punctate, the marginal stria 

 almost foveate, the interstices towards the apex and sides 

 remotely and finely granulate, the fifth interstices somewhat 

 elevated. 



Long. 8^ lines, lat. 5 lines. 



Hah. — South Australia. 



33. PxEROHELiEUS BULLATUS, PaSCOe. 



Journ. of Ent. Vol. 11. p. 462. 



" Narrowly oblong, reddish brown or dark brown, slightly 

 shining; head finely punctured; prothorax with very minute 

 punctures, the emargination at the apex very shallow ; elytra 

 rather finely lineate-punctate, the alternate lines slightly elevated 

 (about nine on each elytron) and garnished with small glossy 

 pustular or bubble-like granules placed at irregular intervals on 

 those lines ; body beneath dark chestnut-brown, or paler ; legs 

 also varying from reddish to brown, and shining " (Pascoe). 



Long. 8 lines, lat. 2>\ lines. 



Hah. — New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland. 



