t!20 PERIAPTÜDES FRATER, 



The disk of the prothorax is covered with minute gra- 

 nules, which are however rather indistinct by the covering 

 pile , and there is a small naked spot in the middle ; the 

 lateral spines are long and acute, but not strongly di- 

 rected upwards. 



The scutellum is triangular, broadly rounded at the top. 



The elytra are sensibly narrowed below the shoulders, 

 swelling out behind the middle and then slightly conver- 

 ging towards the marginal spines , which are very strong , 

 the apical truncation is feebly emarginated ; the shoulders 

 are armed with a small , obtuse tooth , the shoulder region 

 is thickly covered with small granules , and there may be 

 observed also a few scattered ones at the base and below 

 the brown blotch. 



This species is not unlike any of the formerly described 

 species, it is however nearest allied to P. luctator Pascoe, 

 with which it corresponds in size and in having a rugose 

 scape and elytra destitute of setulose hairs, but it may be 

 easily distinguished from that species by the presence of 

 granules on the elytra. 



The specimen in the collection of the Leyden Museum 

 (ex mus. Godeffroy) is labelled » New-Britain" , whilst the 

 specimen in my own collection was captured at Cape York 

 (Queensland). 



^otes from the Lieyden JMuseum , Vol. IX. 



