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scutellar region tlicre are some irregular punctures ; the 

 posterior declivity is nearly vertical and very much narrowed ; 

 the two rows of j)unctures on each side ot the suture do not 

 form striie ; in ])erfect 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 coxae 

 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 



1)rominent frontal elevations and the hair-like elytral clothing, 

 from No. G45 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 1| line. 



Capleston, Westland. Three individuals were found by 

 Mr. Cavell. 



Group TrachyscelidaB. 

 Ckcerodes fuscatuSj sp. n. 



Variegate, mostly fuscous ; the legs, antennae, palpi, front 

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

 sometimes the sides of the elytra testaceous. 



//eac? 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. 

 Sculellum 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 tibiae with oblique 

 terminal lobes extending as far as the third tarsal joinl. 



Underside sordid testaceous, sparingly setose. 



This is smaller than the typical species and is more nearly, 

 allied to C. concohr, Sharp. Tlie body is nearly glabrous 

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

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

 color, and the middle tibiae seem to be more densely covered 

 with greyish srtse. The numerous examples I have seen 



