HY UEV. T. ULACKHUUN. 6G1 



over tlio wholo of its elytra, the largest of them scarcely smaller 

 than ih(^ black spots on the prothorax. 

 Victdria. 



P. MIXTA, sp.iiov. 



^. Sat late ovata, sat couvexa, altitudine majori (a latere visa) 

 contra elytrorum marginem medium posita; subnitida; nigra, 

 capite prothorace(|iie rulis plus minusve nigro notatis, elytris 

 nigro rufcxjue variegatis, antennarum hasi rut'a; capite crebre 

 subaspere punctulato; prothorace quam longiori fere triplo 

 latiori, ab apicc fere ad Ijasin dilatato, pone apicem trans- 

 versim parum distincte impresso, confertim sat aspere minus 

 subtiliter (ad latera magis grosse) punctulato, lateribus 

 modice arcuatis anguste deplanatis, angulis posticis rotun- 

 datis; scutello punctulato; elytris sub callum humeralem 

 fortiter depressis, pone basin transversim vix nianifcste im- 

 pressis, sat crebre sat fortiter subseriatim (ad latera magis, 

 postice minus, fortiter) punctulatis, \-errucis nigris numerosis 

 sat distinctis subseriatim instructis, interstitiis rugulosis, 

 parte marginali minus (apicem versus paullo magis) distincte 

 a disco divisa, calli humeralis margine interno a sutura quam 

 ab elytrorum margine laterali multo magis distanti; segmento 

 ventrali basali sparsius sat subtiliter punctulato. Long. 3i, 

 lat. 2i lines. 

 Notable among its innnediate allies by its veiy strongly trans- 

 verse prothorax with close asperate even 2:)uncturation, the 

 extremely strong depression of the elytra outside the humeral 

 callus and the absence of any distinction between the discal and 

 marginal parts of the elytra (except for a short distance near the 

 apex). 



Victoria; Alpine region. 



P. sOKDiiiA, sp.nov. 



Sat late ovata, minus convexa, njtitudine majori (a latere visa) 



ad \('\ paullo pone elytrorum niarginem medium posita; sat 



nitida; picea, hie illic (pra>sertim in capite et ad elytrorum 



prothovacisque latera) rufescens, antennarum basi rufa; capite 



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