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sinuate and finely margined ; the posterior angles do not overlap 

 the shoulders, they are acute, -and, owing to the sinuosity at each 

 side, they seem prominent ; its sculpture resembles that of the 

 head, but under an ordinary glass it appears punctate. Scutellum 

 moderate. Elytra oblong, their sides slightly curved, a^^ices indivi- 

 dually broadly rounded ; they are minutely asperate, but the sculp- 

 ture seems to vary with the light. 



Antenncs elongate, their two basal joints stout, cylindric ; the 

 terminal three form an elongate, very laxly articulated club, and 

 bear conspicuous, outstanding hairs ; intermediate joints elongate 

 and slender. Legs stout, pilose. Metastermcm large, truncate be- 

 hind, not asperate. Hind coxte widely distant, not laminate, so that 

 the femora are free during repose. Abdomen with distinct yellow 

 pubescence, the basal segment larger than those near it, seventh 

 large. 



In this species the process of the mescsternuni is not raised, it is 

 finely margined at each side, triangular in shape, and acutely pro- 

 jecting between the coxae. It is much larger than P. posticaU, and 

 less convex than P. laiosoni. 



Length, quite f ; breadth, -^ line. 



Capleston, Westland. Discovered by Mr. A. T. Cavell. Six 

 examples of this group were forwarded at one time ; two of these, 

 however, cannot be referred to this species. 



Actidium. 



2197. A. lineare, n.s. {Matth. ; Gist. Entoni., Vol. i., 

 p. 296.) Liiicarc, elongatum, valde convexum, nigrum, pube brevi 

 grisea sat dense vestitum, capite magno, sat acuminato ; pronoto 

 parvo, capite nee latiori nee longiori, impressione levi longitudinal! 

 ad medium discum, punctisque magnis per totum notato, lateribus 

 vix rotundatis, margine basali fortissimo rotuudata angulis obsoletis ; 

 elytris capite atque pronoto plus quam sesqui longioribus, baud 

 latioribus, lateribus fere rectis, apice integro valde rotundato; pedi- 

 bus atque antennis modicis, laete fiavis. 



Caput magnum, elongatum, sat acuminatum, punctis profundis 

 fere confluentibus impressum ; oculis modicis promineutibus ; 

 antennis sat robustis. 



Pronotuvi parvum, capite nee latius nee longius, punctis magnis 

 fere confluentibus atque in disco pone medium impressione levissima 

 longitudinali utrinque notatum, lateribus fere rectis, leviter mar- 

 ginatis, basi valde rotundato elytrorum humeris incumbenti. 



Scutellum parvum triangulari profunde puuctatum. 



Elytra linearia elongata, capite atque pronoto sesqui longiora, 

 hand latiora, ordinibus transversis irregularibus confertim sat pro- 

 funde asperata, lateribus fere rectis, leviter marginatis, apice lato, 

 integro, valde rotundato. 



Abdomen baud exsertum. 



Pedes modici, leete flavi, tibiis pone media leviter dilatatis, tarsis 

 brevibus. 



30 — PTS. v., VI., VII. 



