OF NEW ZEALAND. 897 



commonly elongate and less obviously separated than is usual, and 

 the first and third interstices are rather broad. 



Length, i|- lines; breadth, quite f. 



Mr. T. Chalmer transmitted a specimen from Dunedin. 



1600. P. hirtus, ?'-s. Shining, pitchy-black, legs and antennse 

 piceo-rufous, pubescent, moderately elongate, not very narrow, sub- 

 parallel. 



Head closely punctured, frontal cavities rounded, not elongate, 

 the margins a little elevated at the point of insertion of antennse 

 only ; eyes with coarse facets. Antenna: pubescent, the tenth and 

 eleventh articulations (conjointly) globular, the eleventh not distinctly 

 separated from the tenth, but punctate and densely pubescent. 

 Prothorax oblong, not perceptibly narrowed behind, closely punctured, 

 the disc with a large distinct impression almost divided into two by 

 a smooth longitudinal costa. Elytra elongate, not parallel, sub- 

 ovate, base v.ddely arcuated, humeral angles slightly prominent, 

 punctate-striate, the punctures elongate and, owing to the presence 

 of sappy or scale-like matter, not appearing to be distinctly separated 

 from one another ; interstices quite as broad as the grooves, im- 

 punctate, the third a little elevated and united at the base by means 

 of a transverse (not curved) carina ; the fourth and sixth almost touch 

 the base. 



The yellow hairs on the head and thorax can be easily seen 

 without the aid of the microscope ; in that way the insect can be 

 distinguished from all but the following species (P. lateralis). The 

 smooth interval between the suture and first stria is narrowed near 

 the base, the second bends outwards, the third does not quite touch 

 the suture, it being acutely bent inwardly to meet its fellow on the 

 other elytron. 



Length, ih lines; breadth, quite f. 



One example. T found it at Whangarata. 



1601. P. lateralis, ^^s. Sub-parallel, shining, ferruginous, 

 pubescent. 



Head punctate, bifoveate in front, side margins raised over the 

 first antennal joint ; eyes coarsely granulated. Antenna: normal, 

 the tenth and eleventh joints globuliform, the latter sculptured and 

 densely pubescent. Prothorax oblong, slightly narrowed near the 

 base, with two longitudinal impressions on the middle, wholly 

 punctate. Elytra elongate, somewhat ovate, base obliquely truncated 

 towards the suture, punctate-striate, their sculpture similar to that 

 of P. hirtus, with the exception of the seventh interstices, which are 

 decidedly more elevated and more sharply defined. 



When compared with P. hirtus, its nearest ally, the difference 

 in coloration first strikes the eye ; the clothing in both is similar. 

 The thorax is shorter and less obviously impressed, the seventh 

 elytral interstices are quite different, and the insect is smaller, 



Length, nearly i^ lines ; breadth, f . 



I found my specimen at Tuakau. 



