pTKNiniUM. 370 



shoulders, widest inucli before middle, with distinct rows of 

 punctures, apices narrow, obtuse. L, i%- — ^V 1- Not un- 

 common. P. formicetoriLin, Kr. 



Ji 7i. Head and thorax pitchy-red ; latter broadest 

 at base. 



Nearly ovate, very broad, strongly convex. Pitchy-red ; 

 antennae and legs yellow ; nnder-side pitchy-red, with 

 mouth, coxae, and abdomen lighter. Head rather short, 

 with a minute depression near eacli eye ; thorax much 

 Ijroader than head, very finely punctured, sides strongly 

 rounded and rather broadly bordered ; elytra very slightly 

 longer than together broad, widest before middle, with dis- 

 tinct rows of punctures, apices nearly pointed. L. ^^ — 

 iV 1. Kare. P. turgidum, Th, 



2. Elytra black. 



Oval, very convex. Pitch-black ; antennae and legs 

 yellow ; under-side pitchy, with mouth, coxae and apex of 

 abdomen yellow. Head with three small impressions, 

 placed in a straight line, near each eye ; thorax broader than 

 head, widest behind middle, rather deeply, diffusely punc- 

 tured, sides rounded but not strongly, rather broadly 

 bordered ; elytra about one-fourth longer than together 

 broad, widest somewhat before middle, with rather irregular 

 rows of deep punctures, apices narrow, slightly rounded. 



P. Wankoiviezi, Mat. {intermedium, Sliarp's Cat.) 



b. Thorax with only indistinct basal depressions. 



jT. Eyes prominent ; sides of thorax strongly rounded. 



Ovate, rather broad, strongly convex. Black ; apex of 

 elytra broadly yellow-red ; antennae and legs yellow, club 

 of former brownish ; under-side l)lack, with mouth (and 

 sometimes abdomen) lighter, coxae yellows Head with two 

 minute impressions ; thorax broader than head, widest 

 behind middle, distinctly but rather diffusely punctured, 

 witli a transverse impression in eacli posterior angle ; sides 

 feel)ly bordered ; elytra sliglitly longer than together broad, 

 widest somewhat before middle, rather deeply and diffusely 

 punctured in rows, apices narrow, almost rounded. L. 

 -^ — j^ 1. Common. 



P. cvanescens, Marsh, (cipicalc, Sharp's Cat.) 



