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interstitiis sparsim subtilissime punctulatis, lateribus sub 
sinuatim arcuatis, angulis anticis mucronatis posticis fere 
nullis; elytris (parte antica suturali excepta) subobsolete 
verrucosis, minus crebre (fere ut P. Wilsoni, Baly, sed magis 
subtiliter) punctulatis, interstitiis sparsim  subtilissime 
punctulatis, angulis humeralibus (a latere visis) rotundatis 
deorsum sat fortiter (magis quam 2P. variolosi, Marsh.) 
directis ; prosterno lato suleato, sulci fundo sat fortiter 
carinato. lLong., 7} 1.; lat. 51. 
In the example on which this description is founded the 
elytral punctures are only slightly infuscate ; in a second speci- 
men they are almost black. The most conspicuous character of 
this fine large species seems to lie in the narrowness of its pro- 
thorax ; a second character consists in the evident though slight 
sinuosity of the lateral margin of its prothorax. 
Australia ; exact habitat uncertain, probably N.S. Wales. 
P. Bovilli, sp.nov. Fem. Late ovata; sat convexa; sat nitida ; 
testaceo-brunnea (mandibulorum apice et in elytris verruc- 
arum interstitiis nigricantibus labroque albido exceptis) ; 
antennis quam corporis dimidium vix longioribus, articulo 3° 
quam 1" haud longiori; capite prothoraceque acervatim 
modice fortiter hoc ad latera sat crasse punctulatis, inter- 
stitiis minus crebre sat perspicue punctulatis ; prothorace 
quam longiori duplo latiori, antice fortiter sinuatim emarg- 
inato, postice bisinuato, lateribus sat arcuatis, angulis 
anticis mucronatis sat acutis posticis fere nullis ; elytris sat 
fortiter minus crebre punctulatis, crebre verrucosis (fere ut 
P. carnose, Baly), angulis humeralibus (a latere visis) 
rotundatis deorsum parum directis, margine pone humerum 
laterali vix concavo; prosterno lato (vix quam P. geographice, 
Baly, angustiori) longitudinaliter sulcato. Long., 4 1. ; lat., 
1. 
The sculpture of the elytra is extremely like that of P. carnosa, 
Baly, but the raised spaces all being of testaceous-brown color 
and the interstices all blackish the appearance is that of a black 
surface covered with closely and regularly placed raised pale 
blotches. The elytral sculpture compared with that of P. reticu- 
lata shows verruce almost as closely placed, but individually 
larger and not becoming smaller and more crowded towards the 
apex. This species is not capable of confusion with any other 
yet described ; it most resembles the species that I take (and my 
determination agrees with Dr. Chapuis’) to be P. ornata, Marsh., 
which, however, is a considerably smaller and much more nitid 
species with very much less closely verrucose elytra. Viewed 
from the side the summit of the outline curve of the upper 
