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must be another ally, with evidently finer elytral sculpture 

 "finer than those of F. nitidisftimns Pasc."'; while in I', xternalis 

 the punctures in the series (except in the first row) arc 

 larger even than in P. vicdriiis Pasc. 



I have never met with specimens of /'. rirarii/s Pasc, from 

 Queensland. It is just possible that Pascoc, who gives 

 Queensland (as well as New South Wales and Victoria) for 

 its habitat, may have confused the above with that species. 



PtEROHEL.^US POLITUS, 11 sp. 



Moderately elongate-ovate ; black, very nitid, oral organs, 

 antennae and tarsi piceous. 



Head small, epistoma rounded in front, reflexed and a 

 little sinuous at sides, limited behind by a deep ctirvcd 

 groove ; coarsely, riigosely punctate, eyes separated by a dis- 

 tance equal to the transverse diameter of one eye, antenna.' 

 with third joint eipinl to fourth and fifth combined, [apical joints 

 wanting.] I'rothorax 2 5 x 5-y mm , Iciigtli in middle, width at 

 base ; narrowly bordered at apex and sides, anterior angle promi- 

 nent but widely rounded, sides arcuately widening from apex 

 to base, narrowing at the acutely produced posterior angles, 

 base sinuate : foliaceous margins wide at base, gradually 

 narrowing to apex, with apical half strongly convex, rather 

 widely reflexed, finely striolate : disc moderately convex (less 

 so than in P. >iitidi.<^sitiiu>i Pasc ), central line laevigate at base 

 only, without distinct foveas at base, finely and closely punc- 

 tate. Eli/fni, 8 X 5-8 mm., humeral angles distinct and 

 obtuse, slightly wider than prothorax at base, subparallel 

 margins moderately wide on basal half, suddenly narrowing 

 but continuous to apex, extreme border finely reflexed. Disc 

 convex, very finely and irregularly punctate, with a few 

 regidar series of equal round punctures somewhat obscured 

 by the confused irregular system, punctures larger and irre- 



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