BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 5il 



42. PxEROHELiEus vicARius, Pascoe, 



Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 4, Vol. III. 1869, p. 283. 



"Rather broadly oval, brownish-black, shining; head thickly 

 and roughly punctured, clypeal groove well defined, narrowly and 

 shai'ply limited, the transverse portion above curved downwards ; 

 prothorax minutely but not very closely punctured, rounded at 

 the sides, the expanded margins not recurved, the irregular basal 

 groove on each side nearly obsolete ; scutellum broadly triangular, 

 its apex rounded ; elytra a little contracted behind the shoulders, 

 finely, but not minutely, seriate-punctate, the punctures less 

 regularly arranged near the suture and base ; body beneath and 

 legs glossy brownish-black, the propectus opaque, granulate ; 

 antennae short, third joint nearly twice as long as the fourth" 

 (Pascoe). 



Length, 6-7 lines. 



JIab. — New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, 



43. Pterohel^us litigiosus, Pascoe. 



Ann, Nat. Hist. 4 Ser. Vol. III. p. 283. 



" Rather narrowly oval, rusty-brown, shining ; head finely 

 punctured, a little concave in front ; clypeus broadly emarginate 

 anteriorly, separated from the front by a narrow indistinct line ; 

 prothorax very minutely punctured, a short longitudinal groove near 

 the apex, none at the base, the expanded margins not recurved ; 

 scutellum transversely triangular ; elytra callous at the base, 

 rather finely seriate-punctate, the intervals of the rows .slightly 

 raised, the foui-th and eighth intervals rather more so than the 

 others, the expanded margins narrow ; body beneath, legs, antennae, 

 and margins of the prothorax and elytra reddish-ferruginous" 

 (Pascoe). 



Length, 7 lines. 



ffab. — Sydney, 



