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Ptenidium Lawsoni. 



P. Lawsoni, Matthews, CiBt. Ent. i. p. 123, 1873. 



L. c. ,',. ^ lin. = 0-7/3 1 mm. — Ovale, convi neum, nitidum, pilis 



brevissimis flavis sparse vestitam, eolatis impressum ; capite sat parvo, 



oitido, impunctato, | : is remote instructo, clypei margine 



Bupra oculoe atqui antennas distincte reflexa; oculis magnis, prominentibus ; 

 pronoto modico, capite parum Longiori atque latiori, pone medium latissimo, puncl 

 foveolatis remotis pi r totum impresso, ad basim online transverso dispositis, inter- 

 stitiis glabris, nitidi ius marginatis, antice rotundatis, postice contractis, 



margine basali fere recta, angolis obtusis; elytris ovalibus, capite atque pronoto 

 sat longioribus atque latioribus, ante media Latissimis, punctis magnis, profundia 

 confertim impressis, interstitii.s glabris, nitidis, lateribus marginatis, apice lato, 

 rotundato; pedibus sat longis, Laate flavis ; antennis longis, gracilibus, fla\i-. 



Body oval, convi aeous, Bhining, sparingly covered with very short yellow 



hair, marked with foveolate punctures. 

 Head rather small, smooth and shining, impunctate, furnished with some long 



distant hairs, with the margin of the clypeus above the eyes and antennas 



distinctly reflexed ; eyes large and prominent ; antenna} long and slender, pale 



yellow. 

 Thorax moderate, rather longer and rather broader than the head, widest beyond 



the middle, marked throughout with remote foveolate punctures, arranged at 



the base in a transverse row, interstices smooth and Bhining, sides margined, 



rounded in front and contracted towards the base, basal margin nearly straight 



with the angles obtuse. 

 s.iii, Hum large, triangular, acuminate, smooth and shining, with two foveolate 



punctures near thi middle of the base. 

 Elytra oval, rather I md rather broader than the head and thorax, widest 



before the middle, closely marked with large punctures, inn rstict - smooth and 



shining, sides margined, apex broad and rounded, paler. 



! rather long, bright yellow. 

 / ler parts castaneous, with the mouth, prothorax, and terminal segments of the 



venter pale. 

 Differs from /'. punctatwm in its broader, more ovate and convex form, the punctured 



disc of the thorax, and in its bright castaneous colour; and from /'. Ulkei in 



its larger size, more convex form, and closer sculpt m* . 

 Habitat, Australasia. Found near Auckland, in New Zealand, by Mr. Lawson. 



Ptenidium Ulkei. 



P. Ulkei, Matthews, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 148, 1884. 



L. c ,';, lin. 075 mm. — Oblongum, .sat convexum, nitidissimum, punctis 

 foveolatis per totum impressum, castaneum, pilis validis flavis sparse vestitum; 

 capite modico, ,-;it elongate, punctis profundia remote impresso; oculis magnis, 

 prominulis; pronoto modico, capite parum latiori, baud longiori, pone medium 

 latissimo, foveis profundis remotis per totum impresso, inti rstitiis nitidis, lateribus 

 postice conl Titer marginatis, margine basali t ulissatobtuf 



elytris ovalibus, capite atque pronoto ibus atque latioribus, anti media 



latissimis, convexis, punctis foveolatis, profundi.-, remote impressis, interstitiia 

 nitidi-, lateribus leviter marginati.-. apice obtuso, dilution; pedibc antennis 



l.i te flavis. 



Body suboblong, moderately convex, v< ry Bhining, marked throughout with foveolate 

 punctures, castaneous, sparingly covered with stout yellow hair. 



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