BY REV. T. BLACKBURN. 669 



P. ANXIA, Chp. 



An extremely isolated species on account of the shape of the 

 elytra, which are exceptionally narrow at the apex (so that com- 

 pared with the generality of Faropses the insect appears almost 

 pointed behind) and are concave in the sutural region near the 

 apex (so that the sutural carina seems to run at the bottom of a 

 concavity) The basal joint of the 4 anterior tarsi in the male is 

 somewhat more dilated than in umhrosa, and the apical ventral 

 segment of the same sex bears a large concavity. The middle 

 part of the prosternum is narrower than in umbrosa, with its 

 lateral carinas less elevated. The elytral series are very strong, 

 especially towai'ds the apex, where they become confused with 

 some interstitial punctures of similar size. The whole insect is of 

 red-brown colour, except some small black blotches (very variable 

 in number and disposition) near the apex of the elytra. The 

 convexity of this species is not much different from that of 

 umbrosa. The size is long. 3J 3f lines; the habitat W. Australia. 

 I have an example named by Dr. Chapuis I have not seen a 

 female of this insect. The antennae are much more slender than 

 those of umbrosa, with all the joints much longer than wide, the 

 2nd joint about the same length as the -ith. This species has no 

 humeral callus. 



P. NIGROCONSPERSA, Clk. 



This species is allied to anxia, but with the humeral callus 

 feebly indicated, the elytra rounded at the apex and not concave 

 in the sutural region, and not having the apical ventral segment 

 impressed in the male. The tarsal, antennal, and prosternal 

 characters are as in anxia. The colours and markings are much 

 like those of anxia, but the general colour is usually testaceous 

 rather than red-brown, and the black spots and blotches on the 

 elytral interstices are much more numerous (though very variable) 

 and are distributed over the whole of the elytra (not, as in all the 

 examples I have seen of anxia, limited to the apical part). The 

 species occurs in S. Australia and W. Australia. The female is 



