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ruguloso, ad latera 4-gibbosis (gibbis medianis 2 quam ceterse- 



multo majoribus); elytris 3-costatis (costis plus minusve 



granula conjuncta simulantibus), inter costas granulis (his 



inter se magnitudine valde diversis) in parte basali dimidia 



ornatis, ad apicem rotundatis vel vix subtruncatis. Long.y 



11—1211.; lat., 4— 4|L 



The pubescence of the upper surface is almost identical with 



that of P. Saundersi, Pasc, except in nearly all the pubescent 



patches being (instead of entirely white) white variegated with 



bright ochraceous colour, and there being an irregular space 



behind the middle on which there is very little pubescence, so 



that an ill defined dark fascia (interrupted or nearly so at the 



suture) can be traced. The under surface and legs are very 



uniformly mottled with black and white much as in P. iniricata, 



Pasc, but with the black spaces larger and more conspicuous. 



This species differs from those resembling it in colour, size and 

 style of marking as follows, ioite?' alia; — from costata, Pasc. 

 (according to description, — I am not sure that I know the insect), 

 by the ochreous colour of the markings of the upper surface and 

 by the markings on the elytra being vermiculate (as in Saundersiy 

 Pasc.) in form, — no continuous pubescence along the sides or 

 elsewhere ; — from Saundersi by its differently coloured pubescence 

 and non-rugulose head; — from z7i^r/ca^a, Pasc, by its antenna! 

 tubers much larger and more prominent and placed nearer to 

 each other and by the very muc^i larger and more numerous 

 granules of its elytra, — from solida, Pasc, by the granulate 

 character of its elytral costal, — from vermicidaria, Don., by the 

 ochreous colour of its pubescence, the very much stronger promi- 

 nences on its prothoracic lateral outline, &c., ifec 

 W. Australia (Coolgardie ; Mr. French). 



SYMPHYLETES. 



S. lentus, sp. nov. Sat elongatus, sat parallelus ; piceus ; pube 

 pallide fulva dense vestitus, hac pube magis ochracea vix 

 perspicue marmorata, pube latera versus plus minusve 

 dilutiori, pedibus antennisque pube pallida indistincte 

 variegata ; capite baud convexo-elevato, linea longitudinali 

 subtili impresso, clypeo antice sinuato ; oculis modicis (quam 

 S. nodosi, Newm., paullo magis convexis pauUo magis 

 fortiter granulatis) ; antennis quam corpus paullo breviori- 

 bus (maris quam feminae parum magis elongatis), subtus 

 modice ciliatis; prothorace sat fortiter transverso, tuberculis 

 parvis 2 medianis in disco transversim positis (his inter se 

 sat remotis) et 2 basin versus inter se approximatis instructo, 

 margine laterali in?equali (quasi 2 vel 3 tuberculato) ; elytris 

 sat sequalibus, longitudinaliter 3-seriatim granulatis (serie- 

 bus, externa ultra medium continua, ceteris gradatim brevi- 

 oribus), ad apicem rotundato-subtruncatis et dense pilosis. 



