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late minus leviter deplanatis, angulis posticis rotundatis ; 

 scutello sat laivi ; elytris sub callum humeralem leviter 

 depressis, pone basin late minus distincte impressis, crebre 

 fortius subseriatim (ad latera multo magis, postice minus, 

 fortiter) punctulatis, verrucis nonnullis (prsesertim postice) 

 nitidis seriatim instructis, interstitiis antice leviter (postice 

 vix) rugulosis, parte marginali sat lata a disco (per sulculum 

 vix continuum) divisa, calli humeralis margine interno a 

 sutura quam ab elytrorum margine laterali vix magis 

 distanti; segmento ventrali basali crebrius fortiter punctulato. 

 Long. 4, lat. 3i lines. 

 The conspicuous round blackish spot (which seems to be con- 

 stant) on either side of the prothorax accompanied by more or 

 less distinct traces of a smaller spot half-way between it and the 

 middle of the segment distinguishes this species from most that it 

 resembles in other respects. It is also notable for the well 

 elevated though not large verrucie (some notably smaller than 

 others) which are sparsely distributed over the elytra and for the 

 shape of its prothorax, which is not much nari-ower in front than 

 at the base and has its greatest width very little behind the 

 middle. The sexes scarcely differ, except in the characters 

 common to the genus and in the male being somewhat more 

 decidedly ovate than the female. 



N.S. Wales; taken by Mr. Lea near Queanbeyan. 



P. PUNCTIPENNIS, sp.nov. 



Sat late ovata; valde convexa; altitudine majori (a latere visa) 

 ante elytrorum marginem medium posita ; minus nitida ; 

 supra obscure rufa, capite antice et postice nigro, prothorace 

 nigro quadrimaculato (maculis arcuatim dispositis), scutello 

 piceo, elytris nigro-verrucosis; subtus nigro-picea (abdomine 

 jdIus minusve pallidiori), antennis pedibusque I'ufis, his plus 

 minusve picescentibus; capite satcrebre subfortiterpunctulato; 

 prothorace quam longiori ut 2| ad 1 latiori, ab apice sat longe 

 ultra medium dilatato, pone apicem transversim vix impresso, 

 ut caput (ad latera grosse rugulose) punctulato, lateribus 



