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by the punctuation of its striz; the punctures are separated, 
with an interval between them of four or five times their own 
breadth, whereas in P. lineolata they are much closer. 
A single example from M. Chevrolat’s collection, from the 
Cape. 
14. P. lineolata, n. sp. 
P. ovalis, leviter punctata, zenea vel zneo-nigra, flavo maculata, ni- 
tida; capite obscure et sparsim punctulato; thorace antice rotun- 
dato, apud discum ad medium leviter, ad latera confertim et for- 
titer punctato; scutello elongato triangulari; elytris sat rotun- 
datis, leviter sed confertim striato-punctatis, striarum interstitiis 
flavo vittatis, interstitio 1™° inornato, 24° omnino flavo, 3° vittis 
3 brevibus (ad basin, ad medium et longius apud apicem) flavis, 
4° omnino vel ex magna parte flavo, 5° omnino vel ex magna 
parte eneo-nigro, 6" flavo (intervallo ad medium excepto), 7™° 
geneo-nigro (vittis parvis duabus flavis), 8Y° et 10™° omnino flavis, 
9”° zeneo-nigro, macula una ad medium flava; corpore subtus, 
pedibus antennisque (articulis basalibus exceptis) nigris. 
Long. corp. lin. 3; lat. lin. 2. 
This species, in the form and pattern of its markings, entirely 
differs from P. picturata, Chev. ; and, independently of its mark- 
ings, may readily be recognized by the close arrangement of 
striated punctures on its elytra. 
A single example from the collection of M. Chevrolat. 
15. P. alternans, Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. App. 44:7. 65* ; 
Syst. El. 1. 426. 22. 
This pretty species may be briefly characterized as zeneo-piceous, 
with four darkly rufous bands on the elytra between alternate 
strie: it seems to vary somewhat in size, but not in pattern, 
and to be not uncommon at the Cape. I have received it from 
the Continent, and also from Mr. Stevens. 
In Mr. Baly’s collection, that of Mr. Wilson Saunders, and 
my own. 
In Fab. Syst. El. this species is inaccurately registered as 
from the American islands. 
16. P. soluta, De}. Cat., n. sp. 
P. ovalis, sat convexa, punctato-striata, eeneo-nigra, vittis 6 flavis ; 
capite nigro; thorace latitudine dupla longitudinis, lateribus rotun- 
datis et tenuiter marginatis, disco subtiliter (margines versus for- 
titer) punctato, zeneo-nigro ; scutello leevi, zeneo-nigro ; elytris for- 
titer punctato-striatis (punctis crebris, ordine dispositis et sat pro- 
fundis), seneo nigris, vittis tribus undique flavis (1™* inter strias 2. 
et 3. a basi ultra medium, et inter strias 3. et 4. a medio ad apicem, 
2nd inter strias 6. et 7. ab humeris ultra medium, et inter strias 7. et 
8. a medio juxta sed haud attingente apicem, 3"* ab humeris inter 
