Description of a new Australasian Species of Trichop- 

 teiygia : by the Kev. A. Matthews, M.A., Oxon. 



Ptenidium Lawsoni, Sharp MS. 



L. c. tf lin. — Ovale, convexiim, castaneiim, iiitidum, pilis 

 Ijrevissimis tlavis parce vestitum, capite sat parvo, im- 

 puiictato ; pronoto modico, capite parum longiori atcpie 

 latiori, poue medium latissimo, punctis magiiis, Ibveolatis, 

 remotis, ad basim ordine transverso irregulariter dispositis, 

 iuterstitiisque giabris nitidis per totum ornato : lateribiis 

 marginatis rotundatis, ad basim contractis, angiilis basali- 

 bus obtusis ; scutello magno, glabro, punctis duobus magnis 

 ad basim impresso ; elytris ovalibus, ante media latissimis, 

 punctis magnis profundis confertim ornatis, lateribus mar- 

 ginatis, apice lato rotundato ; pedibus sat longis, laite 

 tlavis ; antemiis longis gracilibus pallide Havis. 



Head rather small, smooth, and shining, impunctate, 

 furnished with a few long recurved hairs, with the mar- 

 gins of the clypeus distinctly reflexed near the eyes and 

 antenn<e ; eyes moderate, prominent ; antennai long and 

 slender, pale yellow. 



Thorax moderate, longer and wider than the head, 

 widest behind the middle, irregularly covered throughout 

 with very large foveolate punctures, which near the base 

 are arranged in an irregular transverse row, the interstices 

 smooth and shining, the sides margined and rounded, con- 

 tracted towards the base, the basal margin nearly straight, 

 the angles obtuse. 



ScuteUnm large, triangular, somewhat acuminate, smooth 

 and shining, with two large foveolate punctures near the 

 middle of the base. 



Elytra oval, widest before the middle, rather longer and 

 wider than the head and thorax, closely covered with large 

 and deep punctures, with the interstices smooth and 

 shining, the sides margined, the apex paler, broad, and 

 much rounded. 



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CiSTULA EXTOMOLOOICA, 



May \st, 1873. 



