BY REV. T. BLACKBURN. 259 



In Dr. Chapuis' description of ornaticollis it is stated that the 

 prothorax is deeply foveolate laterally. I am satisfied that this 

 is a mistake. In the species before me there is a large ill-defined 

 light and inconspicuous impression on either side near the margin 

 of the prothorax (not interrupting the puncturation, which is 

 always at least changed in character by a true fovea such as 

 exists in species of the 1st subgroup), and in the var. ornaticollis 

 one of the black spots falling exactly on this impression makes it 

 more conspicuous 'and to a casual glance with a deeper appear- 

 ance) than it is in other vars. But in all other respects the 

 specimens I call ornaticollis agree so absolutely with the numerous 

 conspicuous characters of the description that I cannot entertain 

 the least doubt of their identity. 



P. GENICULATA, Boisd. 



(J. Sat late ovata; sat convexa; nitida; supra testaceo-brunnea, 

 capite medio (longitudinaliter) maculis in prothorace 3 

 scutello et elytrorum partibus seriatim punctulatis (his minus 

 anguste) nigris vel fusco-nigris, corpore subtus nigro vel 

 fusco-nigro, pedibus (horum genubus infuscatis) antennisque 

 (his apicem versus infuscatis) testaceo-brunneis: capite lato, 

 brevi, confertim subtiliter punctulato ; prothorace quam 

 longiori ut fere 2^ ad 1 latiori, crebre subtiliter nullo modo 

 rugulose (ad latera subfortiter nee confluenter) punctulato, 

 latera versus fovea parva sat distincta impresso, lateribus 

 arcuatis, latitudine majori paullo ante basin posita, angulis 

 posticis nuUis; elytris haud striatis, 10-seriatim punctulatis, 

 interstitiis planis, puncturis seriatis et interstitialibus (his 

 sparsis) tequalibus (utrisque suturam versus subtilibus, latera 

 versus et in parte marginali gradatim multo magis grossis), 

 sutura in parte quarta postica cariniformi; antennis filiformi- 

 bus, minus gracilibus. Long. 4J, lat. 3^ lines. 



In company with three males, which do not vary inter se, I 

 obtained one female Parojisis which is px'obably the female of 

 this species. It is a little more strongly convex than the males 



