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" vertice obscuro '' which is not a satisfactory description of the 

 black marks on the forehead of sticlica, and "pedibus ferrugineis," 

 no example that I have seen of stictica having the legs entirely 

 ferruginous. 



P. NIGROSTILLATA, Clip. 



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The description of this species mentions no character inconsis- 

 tent with its being identical with a dark-legged example of 

 inspersa, Newm., of which I have no hesitation in considering its 

 name a synonym. 



P. MADIDA, sp.nov. 



^. Breviter ovata; fortiter convexa; nitida; testacea, elytrorum 

 puncturis seriatis nigris; capite latissimo, perbrevi, crebrius 

 subtiliter punctulato; prothorace quam longiori ut 2^^ ad 1 

 latiori, crebre suljtilissime (ad latera minus subtiliter, nee 

 fortiter) punctulato, latera versus fere sequali, lateribus 

 arcuatis, latitudine majori prope basin posita, angulis posticis 

 nullis; elytris haud striatis, 10-seriatim punctulatis, puncturis 

 in seriebus sparsis, interstitiis planis crebre subtiliter punc- 

 tulatis, parte marginal! ut series vix tam fortiter punctulata; 

 antennis subfiliformibus. Long. 3 J, lat. 24 lines. 



The unique type of this species resembles stictica, Marsh., in 

 the black colouring of its seriate elytral punctures extending 

 beyond the punctures themselves, though less extended than in 

 that species. It is remarkable in the fine interstitial punctura- 

 tion being also of dark colour where it is between puncture and 

 puncture of the series, so that there appear on each elytron 10 

 fine lines consisting of closely placed fine dark specks each of which 

 dilates into a black spot wherever one of the seriate punctures 

 is placed. With the exception of the markings on the elytra the 

 whole insect is testaceous. From inspersa, Newm., and stictica. 

 Marsh. , it difiers inter alia by its more slender and entirely testa- 

 ceous antennae; from remota. Germ., by its much more nitid surface 

 and less convexity, with the greatest height of its elytra further 

 from the base, and the blackness of its seriate elytral punctures 

 not confined to the actual puncture, and from its other allies by 



