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dupliciter (subtiliter et sat fortiter) punctulato; prothorace 

 quam longiori ut 2| ad 1 latiori pone apicem baud impresso, 

 ab apice paullo ultra medium dilatato, sparsius subtiHus (ad 

 latera grosse minus sparsim) punctulato, lateribus minus 

 arcuatis baud deplanatis, angulis posticis obtusis ; scutello 

 sat \sevi; elytris sub calluni bumeralem baud depressis, pone 

 basin baud impressis, sat crebre vix fortiter subseriatim (ad 

 latera paullo magis postice paullo minus, fortiter; intervallis 

 nonnullis sat Ijevibus) punctulatis, parte mai'ginali a disco 

 vix distincta, calli humeralis margine interno a sutura quam 

 abelytrorum margine laterali paullo magis distan Li; segmento 

 ventrali basali sparsius subtilius punctulato. Long. 2|, lat. 

 2 lines. 

 A very pretty little species, apparently not variable except in 

 the subapical spot on the elytra being in some examples connected 

 with the suture, and not presenting any unusual sexual distinc- 

 tions. 



Victoria; Alpine region. 



P. NIGROPICTA, Clk. 



The insect which I cannot doubt is this species does not agree 

 perfectly with Clark's description in respect of its colour and 

 markings. I have examples before me from widely separated 

 districts of Western Australia (including Champion Bay, which 

 seems to have been the locality of the type). The differences are 

 as follows : — Clark especially notes that the labrum is black, 

 which it is not in any of the numerous examples I ha-s e seen, and 

 he omits to mention that the post-median fascia is dilated hind- 

 ward on the suture to join the apical marking (which it is on every 

 example that I have seen). Nevertheless, I regard it as most 

 improbable that there is another species occurring in the same 

 localities as the species before me and so extremely close to it as 

 would be the case if my identification is incorrect. Probably in 

 Clark's examples the labrum had become by some means dis- 

 coloured, and the other discrepancy no doubt arises from an 

 omission on the part of the describer. 



