BY REV. T. BLACKBURX. 681 



posita; sat nitida; fevriiginea, prothoracis maculis nonnullis 

 elytrorum maculis nonnullis (prtesertim macula sat magna 

 communi antemediana) et corporis subtus partibus nonnullis 

 piceis; capite crebre subtilius punctulato; prothorace quam 

 longiori ut 2|- ad 1 latiori, ab apice longe ultra medium 

 dilatato, pone apicenn transversim impresso, sat crebre minus 

 fortiter (ad latera grosse I'ugulose) punctulato, lateribus sat 

 fortiter arcuatis nullo modo deplanatis, angulisposticisnullis; 

 scutello fere lajvi; elytris sub callum humeralem baud 

 depressis, pone basin transversim leviter impi*essis, sat crebre 

 sat fortiter vix seriatim (ad latera multo magis grosse) punctu- 

 latis, verrucis minus numerosis minus ordinatim instructis, 

 interstitiis sat fortiter (prjesertim transversim) rugulosis, 

 parte marginali sat lata a disco minus (prope apicem magis 

 perspicue) distincto; segmento ventrali basali subfortiter 

 punctulato. Long. 2i, lat. 2i lines. 

 Feminte quam maris altitudine majori paullo magis postice 



posita. 

 The dark markings on the prothorax of the type consist of 

 several small ill-defined blotches which in some examples coalesce 

 into a large and better defined blotch on each side. In the type 

 the common blotch on the elj'tra is accompanied by several small 

 spots in the basal region, but in some examples it is the only dark 

 mark except the verruca? ; I have not seen any example of the 

 species in which the common elytral blotch is altbgether wanting. 

 In some examples the verrucje are scarcely darker than the derm. 

 Victoria; N.S.W.; S. Australia. 



P. Sloaxei, sp.nov. 



^. Ovata minus lata; minus convexa, altitudine majori pone 

 elytrorum marginem medium posita ; sat nitida ; testacea, 

 corpore subtus piceo-vario, prothorace elytrisque tortuose 

 nigro-notatis, horum verrucis nigris; capite fortius subrugu- 

 lose punctulato; prothorace quam longiori ut 2^ ad 1 latiori, 

 ab apice ulti'a medium dilatato, pone apicem transvei'sim 

 impresso, fortiter (ad latera grosse) rugulose punctulato, 



