BY EUSTACE W. FERGUSON. 549 



jJah. — New South Wales : Mittagong(E. W. Ferguson). 



In the abraded prothorax and form of the abdominal fascicles 

 fnost nearly allied to P. Carteri; but, in general appearance, 

 closer to P. mira] that species may, however, be distinguished 

 by having the abdominal fascicles closer and much smaller, and 

 by the prothorax not abraded. From P. Carteri, its smaller, 

 much less dilate form, and its opaque colour, as well as its 

 differently sculptured elytra will serve to separate it. P. ampli- 

 pennis may be distinguished by its shining colour and differently 

 situated and smaller fascicles. 



PsALiDURAsuBCOSTATA Maclcay, loc. cit., p. 206. 



An aberrant member of the P.-??um-group; in general appear- 

 ance close to the finely granulate members of the genus. 1 have 

 retained it in its present group partly on account of the presence 

 of mandibular horns and partly because of the formation of the 

 anal excavation. The horns are short and slightly divergent. 

 Prothorax strongly dilated(6 x 7'5 mm.) and produced anteriorly 

 in a median lobe, disc feebly depressed, collar-constriction moder- 

 ate, ver}^ finely setigero-granulate. Elytra (13 x 8 mm.) sub- 

 parallel, shoulders prominent, tuberculiform; longitudinally 

 striate, striae shallow, separated into fovea3 by a row of low 

 granules, interstices finely granulate; first, third, and fifth in 

 double, the others in single series, duplicated in places. Anal 

 excavation reaching to anterior margin, preanal fossa deep, 

 fascicles small, red, moderately close. Forceps short, moderately 

 curved, lamina3 short. Dimensions : (J, 20 x 8 mm. 



Nab. — Parramatta. 



A rare species. The type, in the Macleay Collection, is appa- 

 rently somewhat abraded. Other specimens are in the Macleay 

 Museum and Rev. Canon King's Collection. 



PSALIDURA AMPLICOLLIS, n.sp. 



g. Elongate-oblong, convex. Prothorax widely dilated, finely 

 granulate; each elytron with three broad sulciform strite, inter- 



