822 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera 



head) may be the female of^. australts, Lac, only that the 

 latter is said to be from Moreton Bay ; its prothorax is not 

 canaliculate, but is rather closely and coarsely punctured. 



Prophfhalnius sanguinalis. PL XV. fig. 6. 



P. validus, nitide piceo-rufus ; ^ rostro Isevi, supra fortiter exca- 

 vate, apicem versus late explanato ; antemiis articulis tertio usque 

 octavum longiusculis, subsequalibus, ultimo duobus pra!cedei]tibus 

 conjunetim parum longiore; capite prothoraceque impunctatis, 

 opacis, supra nitidis, illo ab ocuHs gradatim paulo latiore, hoc in 

 medio lineatim sulcato, apice sulcatim constricto ; elytris longitu- 

 dine prothoraci cum capite usque ad oculos aequahbus, sulcatis, 

 sulcis primo et secundo a sutura impunctatis, iuterstitiis planatis, 

 reliqnis punctatis, iuterstitiis angustioribus, clevatis, singulo 

 lineola basali alteraque aj)icaU, et plagis duabus, una ante altera 

 pone medium, sanguineis, decorato, apicibus paulo divergentibus, 

 subtruncatis, corpore infra pedibusque nitidissimis, Isevigatis ; 

 femoribus anticis vaHdis, infra bidentatis. Long. 17 lin. 



Hob. India. 



Apparently near P. j)o fens, Lac, but with broader sutural 

 interstices and the others narrower, and having two large 

 lateral blood-red patches on each elytron. Besides the differ- 

 ence generically, the female has a broader and more opaque 

 prothorax, and has only one tooth on the anterior femora, and 

 their trochanters not produced. 



ProplitJiahnus 2^lanipennis. PI. XV. fig. 5. 



P. niger ; capite rostroque Itevibus, nitidis, parce irregulariter punc- 

 tatis, (S hoc supra fortiter excavate, apicem versus paulo expla- 

 nato ; genis juguloque transvcrsim pHcatis ; antenins articulis se- 

 cundo usque sextum subturbinatis, caeteris parum gradatim crassi- 

 oribus, ultimo anguste ovato ; prothorace in medio nitido, impune- 

 tato, ad latera squamositate grisea induto, apice integro ; elytris 

 sub nitidis, ad latera abrupte deflexis, dorso planatis, tenuiter sid- 

 catis, iuterstitiis 1. et 2. latioribus, planatis, tertio basi, quarto pone 

 medium, apice excepto, flavis, cum quinto angustis elevatis, casteris 

 magis depressis ; corpore infra pedibusque nitidis ; femoribus an- 

 ticis subtus dente valido instructis. Foemina latet. Long. 9 Hu. 



Hah. Celebes. 



Remarkable for the flatness of its elytra; in other respects 

 it is allied to P. tridentatus, Fab. 



Stratiorrhina. 



(Brenthidse.) 



Ab Estenorhlno differt rostro ante antennas serrate vol dentato, et 

 mandibuUs parvis, coneretis. 

 The type of this genus is Arrhenodes xiphias, Westw. 



