BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 463 



Ph. 7iuytsi Ca,st., = Ph. calcaralus Blkb. — Specimens which I 

 identify as Ph. nuytsi, have been given to me by Mr. C. French 

 as from the Kimberley District, W.A. It is a large, black 

 species, with prothorax broad (3-5 x 6, apex 46, base 4*85 mm.), 

 wider across base than apex, anterior angles advanced, posterior 

 subrectangular (obtuse at summit;; elytra with humeral angles 

 sharply marked ; anterior tibise with three or four, distinct, 

 small teeth externally, above the prominent apical one Mr. F. 

 P. Dodd has sent me specimens from North Queensland (Ku- 

 randa and Chillagoe) which are conspecific with Ph. nuytsi from 

 N. W. Australia; these agree so closely with the description of 

 Ph. calcaratus Blkb., that there seems no room for doubt that it 

 is synonymous. Length, 13-16 mm. 



Ph. mucronatiis Blkb. — My specimens are from Barrow Creek, 

 N.T., and Cunnamulla, Q. It is very closely allied to Ph. edeli 

 Cast., of which it is, perhaps, the eastern form. 



Ph. robustus Blkb., is unknown to me in nature. It seems 

 intermediate between Ph. grandis and Ph. mucronatus-, it is de- 

 scribed as having the anterior angles of the prothorax " not at 

 all produced forward as in Ph. mucronatus." 



Ph. similis Blkb., is in ray collection, from Kalgoorlie, W.A. 

 In general appearance, it much resembles Ph. graridis; but is 

 smaller; prothorax similar in shape, but with the lateral margin 

 narrower, anterior angles far less advanced. 



Ph. hrunneus Blkb. — Mr. A. M. Lea has sent me a specimen 

 ticketed Ph, hrunneus^ in the handwriting of the late Rev. T. 

 Blackburn. I cannot differentiate it from Ph.felix Schaum, the 

 type-species of the genus. 



Ph. randalli Blkb. — I identify, as of this species, specimens 

 taken at Adelaide by Mr. Griffith It has the facies of Ph.felix, 

 but has the posterior angles of the prothorax quite rounded off. 



Ph. horni SI, is widely spread. My collection contains speci- 

 mens ticketed Bourke, N.S.W.; Winton, Q.; Onslow and Broome, 

 W.A. It can be recognised easily by the form of the posterior 

 trochanters, straight on external side, widely truncate at apex. 

 Length, 18-22 mm. 



