288 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTUALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



(the only two species belonging to the subsection from W.A.), its 

 size will at once distinguish it. I do not know any species which 

 it closely resembles. 



P. PARALLELUS, Breme; Mast. Cat. Sp. 'No. 3756. 

 flab. — Bunbury, W.A. 



P. BULLATUS, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 3742. 

 //a6.— KS.W., W.A. 



P. CBREUS, MacL; P.L.S.N.S.W. 1887, p. 545. 

 Hab. — Beverley, W.A. 



P. coNVEXiuscuLUS, Macl.; I.e. p. 549. 

 Z^a6.— Cootamundra, JST.S.W. 



P. GLABER, MacL; I.e. 547. 

 ^«6._Inverell, N.S.W. 



P. HIRTUS, Macl.; I.e. p. 532. 

 i^a6.— Porest Reefs, Sydney, N.S.W. 



P. ASBLLUS, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 3740. 

 Hab. — Tweed and Richmond Rivers, N.S.W. 



P. LATicoLLis, Pasc; I.e. No. 3750. 

 Z^a6._Forest Reefs, N.S.W. 



P. coNFUsus, Macl.; I.e. No. 3743. 

 Hab. -Armidale, N.S.W. 



HeLjEUS fulvohirtus, n.sp. 



Oval, shining. Piceous-brown, margins brownish-red, under 

 surface brown. Elytra with four rows of long recurved brownish- 

 red hair placed in small tufts. Prothorax and under surface with 

 minute punctures, a minute hair arising fi'om each. Margins 

 very minutely granulate. 



Antennpe reaching intermediate coxae, 3rd joint longer than 4th- 

 5th combined. Prothorax with wide margins raised at an angle of 

 about 45°, feebly curved at outer edge, the right side ci'ossing the 



