213 
spicue punctulatis; antennarum clara ut P. torridi. Long., 
Se late i 
Easily distinguishable by its entirely uniform pale brownish- 
testaceous color and extremely nitid appearance. 
N. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Koebele near Cairns. 
P. obsoletus, sp. nov. Minus late ovalis ; nitidus; supra fusco- 
piceus (nonnullorum exemplorum lateribus dilutioribus); 
subtus cum antennis palpis pedibusque brunneo-testaceus ; 
capite prothoraceque vix perspicue punctulatis; elytris 
(parte magna prope basin levi excepta) seriatim distincte 
punctulatis, pone scutellum subgibbosis ; puncturis in serie- 
bus subtilibus minus crebre dispositis, stria suturali paullo 
ante medium incipienti sat fortiter impressa, interstitiis vix 
perspicue punctulatis; antennarum clava ut P. torridi. 
Long., 4 1.; lat., $1. 
This species is much like the preceding, apart from its very 
different color,—but when carefully examined its form is seen to 
be less broadiy oval, the puncturation of its elytra considerably 
finer and its femora much less broadly dilated. 
N. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Koebele near Cairns. 
P. internatus, sp. nov. Sat late ovalis; nitidus ; supra piceo- 
niger, prothoracis lateribus obscure rufescentibus, subtus 
cum antennis palpis pedibusque rufo-testaceis; capite pro- 
thoraceque crebre subtilissime (vix perspicue) punctulatis, 
elytris (parte sat magna prope basin sublevi excepta) 
seriatim minus distincte punctulatis, puncturis in serie- 
bus subtilissimis sat crebre dispositis, stria suturali sat 
longe ante medium incipienti, minus fortiter impressa, inter- 
stitiis subtiliter alutaceis ; antennarum clava ut P. torridi. 
Long., 52; 1. ; lat., 21. 
A species of very dark color on the upper surface, with the 
punctures in the elytral series excessively fine and faintly im- 
pressed. It is closely allied to the two preceding and best dis- 
tinguished, I think, by inspecting it from the side, when the out- 
line curve of its upper surface is seen to be much less curved 
(z.e., part of a much larger circle) and to be even, whereas in the 
other two there is an evident unevenness of the curve due to a 
slight gibbosity a little distance behind the scutellum, the height 
of the elytra at that point being much greater than at the middle 
of their length. 
S. Australia ; Petersburg. 
The following table shows the distinctive characters of the 
described Australian Parasemi. In this genus, it will be re- 
membered, I include all the Australian Phalacride known to me 
having the characters of the Olibromorphini (as they are stated 
