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Probably the smaller of the two examples before me is a 

 male. Apart from size, it differs little from the other speci- 

 men, but its antennae are a trifle longer and less robust, with 

 their apical two joints hardlv perceptibly shorter than the 9th 

 joint. Long., GJ-S 1. ; lat, 2-2| 1. 



Western Australia (Murchison) ; sent bv Mr. C. French. 



P. miles, sp. nov. Robusta ; piceo-nigra, palpis antennis pedi- 

 busque obscure ferrugineis ; breviter sparsius pubescens : 

 antennis elytrorum apicem vix attingentibus, articulo 3**^ 

 quam basalis sat longiori (quam 4'"' sublons^iori), arti- 

 culis 5"- 11° quam 4"' sat longioribus (inter se grada- 

 tim vix longioribus) ; capite longitudinaliter leviter con- 

 cave, crebre rugulose punctulato ; prothorace supra crebre 

 rugulose fere subgrosse punctulato, longitudine latitu- 

 dini sequali, lateribus sat fortiter rotundatis : elytris ad 

 apicem oblique truncatis, ad basin ut pronotum (hinc re- 

 trorsum gradatim minus fortiter, in parte apicali leviter 

 sat sparsim) punctulatis. Long., 6^ I. ; lat., 2 1. 

 Of its previously described congeners, F. rohustior, 

 Blackb., is the nearest to the present species, but differs from 

 it by its more parallel form, puncturation much less coarse 

 and rugulose, basal joint of antennae shorter in proportion 

 to 3rd joint, elytra rounded at apex, prothorax much less 

 rounded laterally, etc. 



Central Australia (Oodnadatta). 



The following table shows the distinctive characters of 

 the four species that have now been attributed to this 

 genus : — 



A. Elytra unicolorous. 



B. Puncturation of elytra not (or 

 scarcely) rugulose. 

 C. Apex of elytra narrowly rounded modesta, Fasc. 

 CC. Apex of elytra very widely 



rounded ... rohustior, Blackb. 



BB. Elytra very strongly rugulose in 



their front half ... ... ... miles. Blackb. 



AA. Elytra bicolorous pulchra, Blackb. 



