448 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe on 



plus duplo longiore ; oculis rotundatis ; prothorace paulo 

 transverse, utrinque rotundato, apice basi manifeste 

 angustiore, vage punctate, ad latera albo-squamoso; 

 elytris ovatis, fortiter sulcato-punctatis, punctis oblongis 

 approximatis squamulo repletis, interstitiis latis con- 

 vexis ; pedibus albo-annulatis ; tibiis pilis elongatis 

 adspersis, anticis extrorsum arcuatis. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. — King George's Sound. 



The ornate coloration of this and the preceding species 

 is sufficiently characteristic. The other species of this 

 section, exclusive of the two described below, and others 

 in my collection reserved for better materials, are P. 

 nanus, per/V/itaru.s-, and nitidllahris. P. murinus, Fahr., 

 from the type specimen in the Hopeian Museum, is not 

 in a state to be easily recognizable. 



Polyphrade.'i oesalon. 



P. ovatus, niger, supra pedibusque squamulis auru- 

 lentis sat dense vestitus ; rostro capite paulo breviore et 

 modice angustiore, antice late excavato, in medio sub- 

 carinulato ; antennis nigro-piceis, vage setuloso-squamo- 

 sis, articulo basali funiculi sccundo vix sesquilongiore, 

 clava sat late obovata, acuminata ; oculis ovatis ; protho- 

 race transverse, utrinque rotundato, apice angustiore, 

 postice supra levitertransversim uudulato; elytris breviter 

 ovatis, distincte sulcato - punctatis, punctis rotundatis 

 approximatis, interstitiis latis convexis, leviter granulatis, 

 apice paulo coarctatis, rotundatis ; corpore infra sparse 

 squamulis setulisque vestito ; articulo ultimo tarsorum 

 rufo-piceo, unguiculis nigris. 



Long. 3j lin. 



nab. — King George's Sound. 



Somewhat of the habit of P. riavtts, Gyll., but the 

 prothorax and elytra differently sculptured, &c. The 

 scales, when viewed under a strong lens, have a rich 

 reddish-golden tint ; to the naked eye the insect is of a 

 yellowish-brown colour. 



Polyphrades latipennis. 



P. subovatus, fuscus, squamulis silaceis aliisque majo- 

 ribus interjectis supra pedibusque dense tectus ; capite 



