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221. P. archaicus, n. sp. Oblongo-ovatus , niger, parcc fusco-squamu- 

 losus , tuborcixlis granulia coronatis instructus ; caput antice granulia nitidis 

 quatuor, duobus intor oculos , duobus fronte, instructum ; rostrum rude 

 confertira punctatum; prothorax p.iulo longior, in medio subito contractus, 

 ad apicem profunde longitudinaliter bi-oxcavatus ; elytra sat breviuscula , 

 ovata, modice convexa, supra irregiilaritcr ad latera lineatim tuberculata ; 

 abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus magis ampliatis. Long. 10 mm. 



Hah. Aru, Beccari. 



Longer than P. socius, especially the prothorax , and strongly 

 tuberculate, each tubercle on the elytra crowned with four or 

 five glossy granules; the four larger granules on the head 

 are distinctive. 



222. p. vicarius, n. sp. Ovatus, niger, fusco-squamulosus , tubcrculatus , 

 et nitidissime granulatus ; caput antice subreticulatim punctatum , inter 

 oculos lineatim excavatum; rostrum leviter punctatum; prothorax antice 

 subito contractus, ad apicem profunde bi-excavatus, postico longitudina- 

 liter modice impressus, partes elevatse granulis majusculis instructJB ; elytra 

 breviter ovata , singulatim basi et apicem versus tuberculis duobus magnis , 

 transversim sitis, et uno minore in medio, instructa, granulis majusculis 

 irregularitcr dispersis ; corpus infra impresso-punctatum. Long. 10 mm. 



Hah. Fly River, L. M. D'Albertis. 



One of the allies of P. gemmifer, but the elytra with tuber- 

 cles or callosities in the middle and towards the apex in addi- 

 tion to the glossy granules which are also longer and are wi- 

 thout the apical seta. 



223. p. pertinax, n. sp. Breviter ovatus, fusco squamiilosus , granulis 

 minoribus subnitidis instructus ; caput sat rude punctatum , inter oculos 

 lineatim excavatuni ; rostrum punctatum ; antennae ferrugineae , articulo se- 

 cundo funiculi magis elongato ; prothorax modice convexum , utrinque ro- 

 tundatus, apice leviter excavatus; elytra breviuscula, granulis subseriatim 

 ordinatis, apice setigeris; corpus infra punctatum. Long. 7-9 mm. 



Rah. Flv River, Z. M. D'Albertis. 



A short ovate species, the elytra with a regular superficies 

 and the granules in slightly unequal lines, those on the elytra 

 tipped with a recurved seta. 



224. P. sciureus, n. sp. Angustior, obovatus , fusco-squamulosus, nitide 

 granulatus ; caput inter oculos lineatim impressum ; rostrum rude reticulato- 

 punctiitum ; antennae ferrugineae , articulis primis duobus funiculi aequalibus ; 



