BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, P.L.S., &C. 54^ 



59. Pterohel^us dispersus, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, black, sub-opaque, rather depressed. Head rouglily 

 punctate, the clypeal suture distinct at the sides, the apex ti'uncate. 

 Thorax transverse, very thinly and minutely punctate; very broadly 

 margined, the margins reflected in front, and bisinuate behind, 

 with two deep fovese in the centre of the disk. Elytra not broader 

 than the thorax, irregularly and thinly punctate, the punctures 

 rather small and disappearing towards the apex, the lateral 

 margins narrow and smooth, a shallow fovea on the inner side 

 of each humeral callus. Body beneath very nitid and finely 

 striolate. 



Long. 5|- lines, lat. 3-1 lines. 



Hah. — Lower Murrumbidsjee, 



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60. Pterohel^us convexiusculus, n. sp. 



Ovate, black, sub-nitid, convex. Head rugosely punctate, the 

 clypeal suture well marked, the apex broadly and very slightly 

 emarginate, the lateral angles a little prominent and reflected. 

 Thorax scarcely punctate, the median line rather faintly marked, 

 the margins broad, flat and faintly striolate. Elytra of the width 

 of the thorax ; parallel-sided and convex, punctured irregularly 

 as in the preceding species but more densely, with two large f ovese 

 at the base. Body beneath nitid, the presternum carinate from 

 the apex. 



Long. 7 lines, lat. 4 lines. 



Hah. — Murrumbidojee. 



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61. PTEROHELiEUS THYMALOIDES, PaSCOe. 



Saragus thymaloides, Pascoe, MS. 



Ovate, reddish-brown, sub-nitid, very convex. Head very 

 minutely punctate, a small fovea in the middle of the vertex, the 

 clypeus truncate with rovmded angles and a slightly recurved 



