BY REV. T. BLACKBURN. 



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height of the elytra is a trifle nearer the front than in the female. 

 N.S. Wales; taken by Mr. Lea. 



P. PROPRIA, sp.nov. 



(J. Sat late ovata, sat convexa, altitudine majori (a latere visa) 

 contra elytrorum marginem medium posita; sat nitida; obscure 

 rufo-castanea (ad latera fere sanguinea), corpore subtus 

 antennisque plus minusve infuscatis; capite crebre sat fortiter 

 punctulato; prothorace quam longiori ut 2J ad 1 latiori, ab 

 apice vix ultra medium dilatato, pone apicem transversim 

 impresso, crebre sat fortiter (ut caput, sed ad latera grosse 

 rugulose) punctulato, lateribus sat arcuatis haud deplanatis, 

 angulis posticis distinctis obtusis; scutello crebre subtiliter 

 punctulato; el3''tris sub callum humeralem distincte depressis, 

 pone basin transversim leviter impressis, crebre fortiter sub- 

 sei'iatim (ad latera paullo magis, postice minus, fortiter) 

 punctulatis, verrucis nonnullis minus perspicuis (his cum 

 superficie concoloribus) subseriatim instructis, interstitiis 

 minus rugulosis, parte marginali sat lata a disco (per sulcu- 

 lum in medio sat late interruptum) sat distincte divisa, calli 

 humeralis margine interno a sutura quam ab elytrorum 

 margine distincte magis distanti; segmento ventrali basali sat 

 crebre sat fortiter punctulato. 



5. Quam mas magis convexa. Long. 34-34, lat. 3 lines. 



Decidedly near P. riificol/is, but very distinct from it (apart 

 from colour) hiter alia by its prothorax at its widest at the middle. 



South Australia, widely distributed; also Kangaroo Island. 



P. WHITTOXENSIS, Sp. nOV. 



(J. Ovalis, minus convexa; altitudine majori (a latere visa) ad 

 vel paullo pone elytrorum marginem medium posita ; sat 

 nitida ; supra obscure rufa, capite antice piceo, prothorace 

 nigro- vel piceo-notato, elytris plus minusve piceo-adumbratis 

 et verrucis nigris variegatis ; subtus picea plus minusve 

 rufescens, pedibus concoloribus, antennis pallide rufis apicem 

 versus infuscatis; capite crebre minus subtiliter vix rugulose 



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