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REVISION OF PTEROHELMUS (continued) AND OF 

 SA/iAGUS: WITH J)ESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES 

 OF AUSTRALIAN TENEBKIONIDjE. 



By H. J. Carter, B.A., F.E S. 



(Plate viii.). 



Table of PttrohdcEun. Subsection iii. 



Elytra seriate-punctate, the iuterstices flat or slightly raised and narrow. 



•l.Size large, 20 mm. long P. memnonius Pasc, 



P. ttmnstriatxi^ l^ea.. 



2.(22)Size medium, 14-16 mm. long. 



3.(7)Colour black or brown-black, highly polished. 



4.Sides parallel, form elongate P. parallelus Breme. 



5.(7)Side3 not parallel, form ovate. 



e.Metasternum pustulose .....P. sternalis, n.sp. 



*7.Metasternum not pustulose, elytral margins wider... F./>-a<ern?ts Blackb. 

 8.(12)Colour black, subnitid. 



9.Alternate intervals of elytra faintly costate P. confusus Macl. 



10.(12)Alternate intervals of elytra flat. 

 *11. Punctures in series very fine, confused at base.. ..P. qeminatas Blackb. 

 *12. Punctures in series not fine, nor confused at base. ..P. bagoteims Blackb. 

 13. (17)Colour black, opaque. 



14.Korm elongate-ovate P. planm Bless. 



P. peltoides y<la^cl. 



15.(17)Form widely ovate. 



16.?:iytra costate P. ovulum H. -Rut. 



*17. Elytra not costale P. sUphoides Breme. 



18.(22)Colour brown. 



19. Punctures in series large, intervals raised. P. litigiosus Pasc. 



20.('22)Punctures in series small, intervals flat. 



21. Size larger (16 x 10 mm.), convex P. Broadhurxti Lea. 



*22.Size smaller (14 x ? mm), depressed P. servus Pasc. 



2.3.(34)Size small, less than 12 mm. long. 

 24.(27)nolour black, highly polished. 



25.Size smaller (8 mm. long), punctures large and deep 



P. punctipeimis Macl. 

 26.Size larger (10-11 mm. long), punctures very small. .P. nitidissivius Pass. 



27. Size largest (12 mm. long), punctures moderate P. cereus Macl. 



28.(30)Colour black, or piceous-black, moderately nitid. 



29.Form oval and convex P. jmsillus Macl. 



* Species identified only from description. 



