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scutellar region tlieve are some irregular punctures ; the 

 posterior declivity is nearly vertical and very much narrowed ; 

 the two rows of punctures on each side of the suture do not 

 form striaj ; in perfect specimens there are several setose 

 elevations on and near the sides, but the sutural portion is 

 plane. Scutellar region with grey pile. 



Underside densely clothed, mentum punctate ; front coxse 

 rufous, the others pale castaneous ; the intermediate segments 

 of the abdomen with deep and, when examined from behind, 

 sinuous sutures. 



This differs from the typical species (No. 644) by the more 

 elevated disk and flattened sides of the thorax, by the more 

 prominent frontal elevations and the hair-like elytral clothing. 

 Fi-om No. 645 it may be separated by a glance at the antennae ; 

 these in P. varius have shorter joints ; joints 4 to 9 are not 

 longer or but little longer than they are broad, according to 

 sex. 



Length 2|, breadth If line. 



Capleston, Westland. Three individuals were found by 

 Mr. Oavell. 



Group TrachyscelidsB. 



Chcerodes fuscatus, sp. n. 



Variegate^ mostly fuscous ; the legs, antennye, palpi, front 

 of head, the lateral and basal margins of the thorax, and 

 sometimes the sides of the elytra testaceous. 



//ea^ coarsely and rugosely sculptured. Thorax transverse, 

 its sides finely margined and strongly rounded ; apex in- 

 curved, anterior angles obtuse, the posterior subacute ; its 

 punctuation distinct, but irregular, the sides nearly smooth. 

 Scutellujn broad, smooth. Elytra rather broader than the 

 thorax, shoulders rounded, apices obliquely narrowed ; the 

 lateral margin is bent inwards at the shoulder, but does not 

 extend beyond the hind angle of the thorax ; their surface is 

 covered with a coarse rugose punctuation, which, though 

 close on the disk, becomes more open and less rugose towards 

 the sides. Legs thickly setose, the anterior tibise with oblique 

 terminal lobes extending as far as the third tarsal joint. 



Underside sordid testaceous, sparingly setose. 



This is smaller than the typical species and is more nearly 

 allied to C. concolor^ Sharp. The body is nearly glabrous 

 and a little shining. The thorax is more closely and the 

 elytra more rugosely punctured than my specimens of G. con- 

 cvlor, and the middle tibite seem to be more densely covered 

 with greyish set^. The numerous examples I have seen 



