BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 467 



Hah. — Richmond River, N.S.W. (Lea) ; Queensland (Macleay 

 and Sydney Museums). Described by Waterhouse from Australia. 



P. hariolus is a synonym of this species. Of it Mr. Pascoe 

 says : — " Differs from P. Westwoodi, Waterh., inter alia, in having 

 the apex of each elytron bituberculate." The small inner tubercles 

 might very well have been regarded by Mr. Waterhouse as nothing 

 more than granules and consequently not mentioned, especially 

 as they are often almost completely concealed by scales. 



PoROPTERUS Waterhousei, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5446. 



Moderately densely clothed with small slightly elongate brown 

 — intermixed with griseous — scales, on the tubercles they are 

 dark brown (except humeral, where they are paler and very 

 dense); under surface with brown or dark brown, sparse, feebly 

 elongate scales; femora and tibife densely clothed with elongate 

 scales; on the head and rostrum the scales are dingy, but paler 

 towards base and apex. Ciliation moderately elongate, rather 

 straggling, silvery-brown, scarcely visible with head in position. 



Convex, elongate-elliptic, strongly tuberculate. Head and 

 rostrum sparsely — the latter on muzzle — more densely punctate; 

 ocular fovea small, deep; eyes finely granulate; rostrum moderately 

 long, feebly curved, muzzle widening to apex: antennae not very 

 elongate ; scape inserted about two-fifths from apex, passing 

 muzzle; 1st joint of funicle distinctly shorter than 2nd, 2nd very 

 slightly longer than three following combined; club -subadnate to 

 funicle. Prothornx longer than wide, apex produced, rounded, 

 about half the width of base, apjDearing feebly bifurcate from two 

 small fasciculate tubercles ; ocular lobes rounded, but rather 

 prominent; constriction on account of scales appearing rather 

 shallow^ but in reality deep, visible from above; median carina 

 narrow, continuous almost from base to apex, but very indistinct 

 behind the middle, the disc on each side of it with a moderately 

 large rounded and rather fiat granulate tubercle; lateral tubercles 

 irregular, obtuse, flattened, in front of median, the apex in front 

 of them — as in the preceding and to a certain extent in the 

 following species — appearing subquadrate; basal half with numer- 



