324 F. p. PASCOR 



Genus incertse scdis. 

 Pliroii om e r ti s . 



SCHONHERR, Cui'c. Ill, p. G32. 



429. P. notatus, Pascoe, Journ. Linn. Soc. XI, p. 490, PI. XIII, f. 2, 



Hah. Ramoi, Andai, L. M. D'ALbertis (Saylee, Dorey, Wallace). 



This species varies considerably in size, markings (due per- 

 haps sometimes to abrasion) and in the sculpture of the pro- 

 thorax, in some specimens the elevated lines having a much 

 less reticulated appearance than in the typical forms. The genus 

 was placed by Schonherr in his « Cholidcs » ; in the Municii Ca- 

 talogue (1871) it occurs among the Zygopine forms; in Ger- 

 staecker's Sansibar Geb. « (1873) it follows Alcides; but Lacor- 

 daire (Gen.) had in 18G0 referred it « sans aucun doute » to 

 his « Cossonides vrais » . It has a well-developed pygidium , and 

 a fades not unlike Laogenia. 



430. P. exilis, Pascoe, l.'c. p. 490. 



Hah. Somerset, L. M. D' Albertis ( Gayndah (Queensland) 

 Masters ). 



431. P. lineatus, n. sp. Angustus, nigroscens, vage silaceo-setosus ; ro- 

 strum ferrugineum , basi sulcatum, deinde Itevigatum; antennae subtestaccEe ; 

 clava lanceolata; prothorax crebre punctatus, puiictls inter lineas longitu- 

 dinales reticulatim elevatas obsitis, in medio carinula longitudinale mu- 

 nitus; elytra sulcato -punctata, interstitiis elevatis panctis distinctis appro- 

 ximatis seriatim impressis; femora fusca, setulis pallidis adspersa; tibiae, 

 postic£E valde arcuati©, et tarsi ferruginei. Long. 5-6 mm. 



Hab. Fly River, L. M. D'Alberlis (Dorey, Wallace). 



A more robust form, the setulose scales arranged transver- 

 sely on each side the median carinula of the prothorax; there 

 are similar lines, but with scales arising only on one side on 

 the third and some of the outer elevated interstices of the 

 elytra; these lines give an appearance of stripes to the naked 

 eye, but they are probably only to be depended on in fresh 

 specimens. 



