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NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF PRIoyiDM (LONGICORN COLEUP- 



TERA). 



BY ir. W. RATES, F. L. S. 



Parandka .Taxus, n. sp. 



-Xi(jro-pic('a,j)nncfata, suhtus casfaneo-rufa ; antennis piceis,pedihis 

 testacco-rujis ; maiuUbulis ,^ paulo elongatis, supra carina ad basin valde 

 elecata, intus ante apicem dente valida bifida apice ipso lato bidentato ; 

 epistomate i-simuifo, medio dente triangulari armato. 



Long. 11 Jin., ^ ? . 



Ill fonn, similar to the common P. glabra. The upper-surface 

 (iiicliRliiitj; mandibles) shining pitchy-black ; the whole under-surface 

 (including the inflected margin of the elytra) chestnut-red, legs paler. 

 The whole upper-surface is punctulated, the elytra more coarsely so. 

 The thorax is transverse, and the lateral rim visible throughout from 

 above ; it is slightly narrowed from the front to beyond the middle, 

 then more suddenly so, and sinuated before the posterior angles, which 

 are distinct and rectangular. The tarsi are similar to those of P. 

 glabra, except that the 3rd joint is more distinctly emarginated ; the 

 claw joint is furnished with a bisetose onychium. 



(^ . The forehead between the eyes has two large obtuse eleva- 

 tions ; the front edge of the epistome is strongly quadrisinuate, with a 

 simple central tooth. The mandibles are rather short, robust, with the 

 upper carina much elevated, and a double tooth on their inner edge 

 near the apex, with the apex itself oblique and bidentate. 



One example (J") from Dr. INEeyer's collection, Menado, Celebes ; 

 one ? , Andai, New Guinea (Signer D'Albertis). 



The species is more nearly allied to the AVest African P. gabonica 

 than to the new Caledonian species. 



AxOPLODEnMA QUADKICOLLE, 11. Sp. 



CgJindricum, nigrum, obscurum, crebre confiurnter punciatum ; front e 

 concava, mandibula sinistra basi valide denfata ; thorace transversim qiia- 

 drato,juxta basin snbito constricto ; tibiis extiis multi-de7iticulatis, apice 

 dilatntis et extus spinosis. Long. 8 lin., ^ J . 



(J. Antennee corpora paulo breviores, articulo 3'° sitnplici (4'" 

 frquali), ■is" — 10"'" valde serratis, IV"" precedenfi duplo longiori. Tro- 

 chanteres postici spina longissima acutaque annati. 



? . Antennae thoracis basin hand attingcntes, sub-monil iformcs, ar- 

 ticulis 4 — 10 intus paululum dilatatce. Trochanteres simplices. 



