548 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. IV. 



57. Pterohel^us minimus, Pascoe. 



Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, Vol. III., p. 284. 



" Oblong-oval, pitchy brown, sub-nitid, the margins of the 

 prothorax and the elytra, and the anterior part of the head, paler, 

 yellowish-brown ; head densely punctured, the clypeal groove very 

 indistinct ; prothorax rather short, covered with fine oblong 

 punctures, the intervals very narrow, and in certain lights causing 

 the surface to assume a delicately corrugated appearance, the 

 expended margins narrow and slightly reflected ; scutellum trans- 

 versely triangular ; elytra minutely and irregularly punctured, with 

 scattered minute tubercles, especially near the suture, the expanded 

 mai-gins very narrow, body beneath and legs glossy reddish 

 testaceous ; antennse inclining to testaceous" (Pascoe). 



Length, 3|- lines. 



Hah. — Cooper's Creek. 



58. Pterohel^us obliteratus, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, black, nitid, sub-convex. Head rugosely punctate, 

 particularly on the depression of the clypeal suture, the lateral 

 angles reflected, the eyes transverse and rather approximate. 

 Thorax very thinly and minutely punctate on the disk, the margins 

 broad, flat, and very minutely punctate and striolate, emai'ginate 

 in front and bisinuate behind. Elytra of the breadth of the 

 thorax at the base, and three times the length, moderately densely 

 covered with distinct deep punctures irregularly placed, or only 

 partially regular, becoming gradually smaller towards and finally 

 quite efiaced at the apex, the lateral margins rather narrow and 

 smooth. 



Long. 7 lines, lat. 4 lines. 

 Hah. — Peak Downs. 



