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example in which this marking is not at least traceable. It also 

 differs in the punctures of the elytral series not becoming coarse 

 near the apex. From the next two species it differs very widely 

 in colouring, and also differs from turbata (except rare varieties) 

 widely in colouring and also in the sculpture of the elytral inter- 

 stices. The basal joint of the 4 anterior tarsi is only feebly 

 dilated in the male. The species seems to be widely distributed, 

 but most plentiful in W. Australia. I have examples from S. 

 Australia and one ticketed " Queensland," but none from 

 Tasmania (the locality cited l^y its author). Mr. Lea informs me 

 that when alive it is of a greenish colour, from which it would 

 appear to furnish an exception to the fixity of colouring usual in 

 this subgroup. I have an example in my collection that agrees 

 fairly well with the description of P. virens, Chp., and which is 

 certainly I think only P. Hera with a greenish tone of colour and 

 the apical elytral marking very faint ; this determination, how- 

 ever, is not much more than a conjecture, as the description of 

 P. virens is very meagre. One of my examples of P. Hera was 

 named by Dr. Chapuis. 



P. SCAPHULA, Chp. 



This species is very distinct on account of its sharply defined 

 markings, which are probably not very variable. Apart from its 

 markings it is rather close to P. Hera, but differs from it inter 

 alia by the somewhat less pronounced apical flattening of its 

 elytra, and by the evidently coarser punctures of its elytral series, 

 and the sparser puncturation of its elytral interstices. The 

 punctures of the series are not much less coarse than in P. 

 scntellata, Chp., but are not notably larger near the apex than 

 elsewhere. The basal joint of the tarsi in the ^ does not differ 

 much from that of P. Hera. The insect is of a full brown colour 

 with the following parts black or blackish — the head, a broad 

 longitudinal vitta occupying the middle of the prothorax, the 

 suture of the elytra, greater part of the under surface and the 

 apical part of the antenna?. I have an example named by Dr. 

 Chapuis. The species is found in N.S. Wales. 



