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63. PxEROHELiEUS STRIATO-PUNCTATUS, Boiscl. 



Cilihe striato-pionciafa, Boiscl. Faun, cle I'Oceanie; Erichs, p. 26&. 



Elongate, oval, black. Thorax smooth, elytra elongate and 

 covered with medium-sized punctures arranged in strise. 



Hab. — Kangaroo Island. 



I have not to my knowledge seen this insect, and M. Boisdu- 

 ral's description, which I have translated in full, is of very little 

 use. I place it here because 1 see that Mr. Pascoe recognises it 

 as a species. 



54. Pterohel.^us peltoides, n. sp. 



? P. peltatus, De Breme, Mon. Cossyph. I. p. 34, pi. II. fig. 4. 



Oblong-oval, black, opaque. Head minutely punctate, clypeus a 

 little convex or tumid, broadly truncate orvery slightly emarginate; 

 the lateral angles of the head rounded, prominent, and very 

 slightly reflected, the eyes distant. Thorax transverse, scarcely 

 visibly punctured, the anterior angles advanced and much rounded, 

 the base very slightly bisinuate, the lateral margins broad, smooth, 

 flat, and of a dull reddish black colour. Elytra not broader than 

 the thorax at the base, parallel-sided to near the apex, excepting a 

 slight emargination a little behind the shoulder, the disk covered 

 with small well-marked punctures in 17 complete rows, — the inters- 

 tices not visibly elevated, and a short sutural stria, the lateral 

 margins rather broad, smooth, of a reddish hue, and narrowing to 

 the apex. Body beneath and legs nitid, the prosternum granulate. 



Long. 7 lines, lat. 4 lines. 



i/a6.— New South "Wales, Victoria. 



A very common species and of wide range. I verily believe it 

 to be F. i^eltatus of De Breme, a species difiering entirely from 

 P. jyeltatus of Boisduval. Whether I am right in this supposition 

 01" not, the name of 2>dtatus can only be used for Erichson's species 

 which has undoubtedly priority. 



