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Legs very long, femora slender, cylindrical and curved; tibiie 

 slender, quadrilateral, the posterior pair with a row of denticles 

 along the posterior edge; tarsi normal. 



Type, P. Mastersi, Godg. 



This genus reminds one of Amyot & Serville's Nessorhinus, but 

 differs in being destitute of a posterior process and a dorsal horn; 

 and of Coloborrhi-t, Germ,, but differs in having lateral horns. 



P. Mastersi, sp.nov, 

 (Plate i., figs. 12, 15 and 16). 



(J. Head ferruginous, mottled with yellow. 



Prothorax ferruginous red, with a broad yellow band passing 

 across the front. 



Scijtellum sordid yellow. 



Tegmina with basal third yellow, punctured with ferruginous, 

 the middle third ferruginous, the veins darker, the apical third 

 clearer. 



Abdomen salmon colour, genital apparatus tawny. 



Femora tawny, apex black: tibiae and tarsi tawny. 



Long. (J 9; lat. H.; inch lat. corn. 3^ mm. 



The female is sordid green, the tips of the lateral horns brown. 



Described from one male and one female. 



Types, (5 Coll. F.VV.G.; 9 Macleay Museum, Sydney. 



^^(6.— Sydney (Masters); Mt. Victoria, KS.W. (Lea). 



The head and prothorax, when seen from the side, resemble 

 the head of a pig. 



Dedicated to Mr. Masters, Curator of the Macleay Museum, 

 Sydney, who first brought this species to my notice. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



