686 COLEOPTERA 



testaceous, but becoming redder near the base. The frontal spots on the 

 elytra are merged in the suffused discoidal space, but the hind ones are 

 distinct, transversal, and yellow in colour. 



The head is rather coarsely punctured. The middle of the thorax is 

 nearly smooth, but its sides are very perceptibly punctured. The punc- 

 tation of the anterior half of the elytra resembles that observable in P. 

 pictum, but the rest is more distinct, and their surface does not exhibit 

 any of the ill-defined rugosities visible in that species and P. violacea. 



Length, 3 lines ; breadth, i . 



Described from one individual sent from Napier by F. H. Meinertz- 

 hagen, Esq. 



1 200. P. viridans, n.s. Body shining, dark bluish-green, tarsi 

 and antennae obscure-black. 



The spots on the elytra are small, elevated, and quite isolated ; the 

 hind ones entire, transverse, situated at each side near the posterior 

 femora ; the frontal ones, between the latter and the intermediate, are 

 distant from the suture ; they are testaceous-red. 



The head is moderately coarsely punctured ; as are also the sides of 

 the thorax; the punctures on the basal half of the elytra are smaller than 

 in the two preceding, and, apparently, cease altogether before attaining 

 the posterior spots. 



The form, clothing, and irregularities of surface, being identical with 

 those of P. pictum, need not be recapitulated. 



Length, nearly 2\ lines ; breadth, |. 



I am indebted to F. H. Meinertzhagen, Esq., of Napier, for the only 

 example I have seen. 



1 201. P. testacea, n.s. Body testaceous, the antennae (except the 

 basal joint) and the extremities of the tibiae and tarsi infuscate ; the sides 

 of the thorax, the scutellum, an oblong basal and much larger median 

 spot on each elytron, piceous. 



The head, in line with the eyes, is rather broader than the 

 thorax, its frontal portion deflexed, and its entire surface closely 

 and coarsely punctured. Prothorax longer than broad, almost widest 

 in front, contracted before the middle, and much more so at the 

 base ; it is not, however, greatly dilated laterally ; its surface is coarsely 

 punctured, more especially at the sides, where the intervals between the 

 punctures are distinct but narrow. Elytra elongate, broader than thorax, 

 slightly, but widely, incurved near the middle, a little depressed near the 

 humeral angles, but without perceptible scutellar elevations ; their punc- 

 tation is coarse and dense, but ceases a little beyond the hind thighs. 



The insect is slightly glossy, and clothed with fine, erect, testaceous 

 hairs. It is allied to P. opiloides. 



Length, i- 2 -J- lines; breadth, \-\. 



I possess two examples, not in good condition, which were collected 

 by Mr. P. Stewart in the neighbourhood of Port Nicholson. 



1202. P. atratum, n.s. Body of an almost uniform black colour, 

 but little shining, and very sparsely pilose. 



Antenna elongate, their club being considerably longer than the 



