166 MEMOISS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



coarsely so in 5. Legs castaneous, trochanters and tarsi paler. Anterior femora. 

 1 or 2 spinose. 



Length. — J 25 mm., $ 26 mm. 

 Types.^3 and $, Coll. Auct. (^ No. 87, ? No. 88). 



//aA(7a/.— Queensland : Spring Bluff (W. G. Jones), Manly, Brisbane District; 

 Tambourine ^Mountain (Auct.). N. S. Wales : Armidale (F. W. C'arr). 



Notes.— This species is near P. australis Brunner but is smaller, the postero- 

 lateral angles of the 7th tergite, which in australis are dentiform, are in ohtusa 

 roundly and bluntly produced, and the markedly sinuate lateral margin of the same 

 tergite is distinctive. In both si^ecies the posterior margin of the supra-anal lamina 

 is entire ; but in obtusa it is less arcuate, and the lateral processes though relatively 

 larger are more bluntly rounded. These structiu-al jjeculiarities are more marked 

 in ^he ^. Two ? from Tambourine Mountain, S.Q., are smaller than the type, one 

 of them mea.suring onl\- 23-5 mm. 



PANESTfflA SLOANEI sp. nov. 

 cJ large, apterous, of a rich chestnut brown, darkening towards the margins. 

 Head impunctate, castaneous, margin of the clypeus, margin of the labrum, and 

 distal half of the antennse pale ; no foveola of the vertex ; no pale ocelliform spots. 

 Pronotum deeply excavated in its anterior i ; the excavation with its floor scabrous, 

 and presenting tumefactions, extending posteriorly into a large, wide diverticulum, 

 and bounded laterally by two tubercles, the posterior tubercle being uuich the more 

 prominent ; anterior margin roimdly emarginate, the emargination bounded on each 

 side by a strong, recurved tubercle, the tips of which extend back-i\-ardly ; a shallow 

 transverse furrow on the disc posterior to the excavation, divided into two portions 

 by a median ridge. Mesonotum and metanotum smooth, impunctate ; with a lateral 

 crumpling. Abdominal tergites 1, 2, 3, and 4 with a few punctures laterally, the 4th 

 with some minute punctures in the disc also ; 5th, 6th, and 7th tergites coarsely 

 punctate, the surface between the punctures smooth ; 7th tergite with the postero- 

 lateral angles sharply backwardly produced, lateral margins entii-e. Supra-anal 

 lamina (Text-fig. 16) denselj' and coarsely punctate, posterior margin prominently 

 denticulate. Beneath concolorous. Legs with the femora and trochanters rather 

 paler ; anterior femora bi -spinose. 



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 .Siiprn-Hi.al l.iinirm / (1. (Drawn fmi.i Sp.ii. Nn. flO, Coll. Auct.) 



