BY REV. T. BLACKBURN. 663 



tincte clepressis, pone basin transversim sat fortiter impressis, 



sat crebre fortius subseriatim (ad latera magis grosse) punc- 



tulatis, verrucis nonnullis minus distinctis confuse instructis, 



interstitiis rugulosis (in partis impresspe subbasalis fundo 



opacis nee rugulosis), parte marginali minus lata a disco per 



sulculum sat distinctum (hoc ante medium et ad apicem 



summum interrupto) divisa, calli humeralis margine interno 



a sutura quam ab elytrorum margine laterali multo magis 



distanti; segmento ventrali basali sparsim fortius punctulato. 



Long. 4, lat. 24 lines. 



Resembles P. sordiiia but is readily separated from it inler 



alia by the strongly marked subbasal impression on the elytral 



disc (which has somewhat the appearance of a subrotundate large 



shallow fovea suggestive of, though very diiferent from, the deep 



fovea of P. fossa and scabra), and by the submarginal sul cuius 



being interrupted in front of its middle and not reaching the 



extreme apex. 



N.S. Wales; taken by Mr. Lea near Forest Reefs; also from 

 Inverell. 



P. MONTUOSA, sp.nOV. 



P. haldiensi affinis; quam haec magis lata et multo magis 



convexa ; elytris rufo-brunneis vix piceo-variegatis, pedibus 



obscuris; pro thoracis disco magis crebre punctulato; elytris 



antice manifeste costatis, verrucis multo majoribus (cum 



superficie concoloribus) instructis, parte marginali minus 



fortiter extroi'sum directa; abdomine magis crebre magis 



fortiter punctulato; cetera ut P. haldiensis. Long. 34, lat. 



3 lines (vix). 



Femina quam mas etiam multo magis convexa. 



Rather closely allied to P. bahliensis structurally, though to a 



casual glance more suggestive of P. rosea and P. iinpressa, Clip. 



Its wider and very much more strongly convex form together 



with the very much larger and more elevated verrucae of its elytra 



render it impossible to be confused with haldiensis. The greatest 



height of P. haldiensis is considerably less (of /-*. montiiosa 



decidedly more) than half the length . of the elytra. From P. 



