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brown or reddish brown, elytra dark brown, apex and suture 

 pale, tbe first two joints of tbe antennae and the feet tes- 

 taceous ; antennae pretty short, joints sensibly though slightly 

 shorter ; head subovate, some punctures on each side above the 

 eyes, also four punctures placed transversely between the 

 eyes ; thorax oblong, not longer than broad, the posterior 

 angles as well as the base rounded, anterior angles slightly so, 

 three rather distinct rows of punctures on the back, the sides 

 marked by four punctures beside the marginal ones ; elytra a 

 little longer than thorax, often somewhat finely punctate, 

 those of the abdomen even more dense and minute ; often 

 rather thick pubescence on the thorax and abdomen. 



Length. — 5i mills. 



Localities. — America, Adelaide. 



P. sanguinicollis, Fauvel, I., p. 97. 

 Beautifully coloured, very short, black, very long and dense 

 smoky pubescence on the abdomen, the thorax a bright red, 

 elytra having narrow yellow borders on the sides and apex, 

 feet testaceous, the tibiae sometimes of rather dark-brown 

 colour, the margins of the segments very often slightly red- 

 dish, the base of the antennae a dirty testaceous, the 8-10 joints 

 subquadrate ; head somewhat convex, subquadrate with rounded 

 angles, interocular punctures near together on each side of the 

 eye, postocular rarely met with ; thorax convex, a quarter as 

 long again as broad, narrowing very much from the base 

 dorsally, the base a third broader than the head ; the anterior 

 angles obtuse, the posterior slightly rounded, five rows of fine 

 punctures on the back, two other punctures turned away 

 from the middle, and two more again running obliquely near 

 the anterior extremity ; scutellum densely covered with very 

 fine punctures, those of the elytra being somewhat dense and 

 fine, while those of the abdomen are frequently much more 

 minute ; elytra a good deal broader than thorax, and very 

 little longer ; in male the top of seventh segment has a 

 triangular incision, which has a slight marginal impression. 



Length. — 4^ mill. 



Localities. — A'ictoria, Eiver Paroo. Xuriootpa, Mr. Tepper's 

 collection. 



P. nigritulus, Grav., Micr., 41 ; Faiiv., Fn. Gall.-Rhen III., 469 et syn. 

 Black, nitid ; mouth, base of antennae, elytra and margins of 

 abdominal segments more or less of reddish tinge ; feet testa- 

 ceous ; tibiae dark-brown testaceous ; elytra very slightly 

 bronze-tinted ; penultimate joints of antennae transverse ; 

 head longer than broad, oblong and parallel, forehead slightly 

 hollowed and furrowed, with subdiscoidal punctures on each 



