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P. BICOLORA, Sp.nOV. 



Prjecedenti ( F. Carpenter /fe^affinis; difiert prothorace utrinque 



macula magna aterrima ornato, paullo minus transverse, minus 



grosse minus rugulose punctulato, lateribus multo minus 



arcuatis nullo modo de^Dlanatis; elytrorum parte marginali 



a disco vix distincta; segmento ventrali basali minus fortiter 



punctulato; cetera ut /-'. CarpentaricH. Long. 24, lat. 2 lines. 



Very near the preceding, but certainly I think distinct on 



account of its very differently shaped and sculptured prothorax. 



It is one of the prettiest species of this subgroup, all its markings 



being of a deep black colour, in sti'ong contrast to the pallid 



derm. There is little difference between the sexes apart from 



the characters common to the genus. 



N. S. Wales; Whitton; sent by Mr. Lea. 



P. viBEX, sp.nov. 



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

 ante elytrorum marginem medium posita; modice nitida; 

 rufo-ferruginea, elytris antice (et postice ad disci marginem) 

 indeterminate et incerte picescentibus ; capite sat crebre 

 subaspere vix fortiter punctulato; prothorace quam longiori 

 fere ut 2J ad 1 latiori, ab apice ultra medium dilatato, pone 

 apicem vix impresso, insequali, minus crebre minus fortiter 

 (ad latera vix grosse) punctulato, lateribus minus arcuatis 

 vix deplanatis, angulis posticis rotundatis ; scutello crebre 

 minus subtiliter punctulato; elytris haud sub callum hume- 

 ralem depressis, pone basin transversiin impressis, subseriatim 

 sat crebre minus fortiter (apicem versus magis subtiliter, ad 

 latera paullo magis grosse) punctulatis, verrucis sat numerosis 

 instructis (his in parte impressa postbasali carentibus, pone 

 hanc partem ut ruga transversa fere a sutura ad marginem 

 lateralem continua confluentibus), interstitiis vix rugulosis, 

 parte marginali a disco vix distincta, calli humeralis margine 

 interno a sutura quam ab elytrorum margine laterali haud 

 magis distanti ; segmento ventrali basali sparsim leviter 

 punctulato. Long. 24, lat. 14 lines. 



