542 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. IV. 



44. PTEROHELiEUS ASELLUS, PasCOe. 



Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 4, Vol. V. 1870, p. 99. 



" Oval, the outline equally rounded and rather obtuse at both 

 extremities, the sides a little incurved, moderately convex, blackish- 

 brown, scarcely shining ; head and prothorax covered with ex- 

 ceedingly minute punctures, the margins of the latter gradually 

 passing into the disk ; scutellum transversely and curvilinearly 

 triangular ; elytra linearly punctured, the punctures rather small, 

 the fifth and eighth intervals between the lines a little broader 

 than the rest, and the margins concolorous, narrow, of equal 

 breadth throughout, and agreeing with those of the prothorax ; 

 body beneath and legs glossy-brown ; antennae short, the last joint 

 nearly circular" (Pascoe). 



Length, 4:^-5 lines. 

 Hab. — Queensland, 



45. PxEROHELiEUs AGONUS, Pascoe. 



Journ. of Ent. Vol. II. p. 461. 



"Ovate, blackish-brown, slightly nitid; head very finely punctured ; 

 antennae and palpi ferruginous ; prothorax nearly impunctate, very 

 short, broadly emarginate at the apex, the posterior angles slightly 

 produced ; scutellum sub-triangular ; elytra lineate-punctate, the 

 punctures small, the lines rather widely apart ; body beneath and 

 legs black, shining ; tarsi ferruginous" (Pascoe). 



Length, 5-6 lines. 



Sab. — Interior of Australia. 



46. PTEROHELiEUS PARALLELUS, Breme. 



Mon. Cossyph. I. p. 33, pi. II. fig. 7. 



Entirely of a deep, nitid, blackish-brown colour ; head rounded ; 

 clypeus convex ; epicranium a little turned up laterally ; labrum 



