582 REVISION OF THE AMYCTEHIDi^, 



simple, slightly lipped. Mentum bearded, anteriorly dentate^ 

 Prothorax(7 x 6*5 ram.), feebly dilated on sides, widest in front 

 of middle, base truncate, apex slightly produced in middle^ 

 median impression and collar-constriction rather faintly marked; 

 disc finely, closely, and evenly granulate, the granules becoming 

 larger on the sides. Elytra(14 x 8 mm.) very little wider than 

 prothorax, gently rounded on the sides, apex not mucronate, base 

 emarginate, shoulders prominent, tuberculiform; disc regularly 

 striate, striae slightly wavy in course, and crossed by numerous 

 low rugae, interstices regularly setigero-granulate, sutural granules 

 much finer than the others, in double series only at base; second 

 interstice in double, the others in^single series; all the interstices 

 stopping short at the apical declivity; the third, fifth and seventh 

 each being represented on the declivity by two or three isolated 

 slightly larger granules. Metasternum concave, lateral margins 

 raised to level of middle coxae. Anal excavation deep, extending 

 to anterior margin of the segment for a considerable distance on 

 either side of the middle line; preanal fossa deep, transverse; 

 posterior border without any sinuosity; fascicles situated far 

 apart, near the posterior margin of the excavation. Forceps 

 hidden except the apices, these widely separated, obtusely pointed, 

 the laminae being very small, and situated on the inner surface, 

 slightly projecting beyond tips of forceps. Penis truncate, apex 

 notched. Legs moderately long, tibiae feebly sinuous. 



9. Of a slightly more ovoid form than g, elytra more narrowed 

 posteriorly, this difference not being so marked as in P. ahnormis 

 or other species of the genus; in the head, prothorax(6f> x 7 mm.), 

 and elytral sculpture (14x9 mm.), it resembles the male; ven- 

 trally it difiers in being slightly convex, in wanting the lateral 

 tubercles on the metasternum, in having the intermediate 

 segments longer, and in the apical segment not being excavate, 

 but with a faint impressed line posteriorly. Dimensions : (J, 

 21 x8; 9, 21 x9mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Hartley (E. W. Ferguson), Orange 

 (T. G. Sloane). 



Very close to P. ahnormis Macleay, but differing in its 

 larger size, difi'erent clothing, darker setae, and in elytral 



