Description of a ncvj Australasian Species of Trichop- 

 teiygia : by the Kev. A. Matthews, M.A.^ Oxon. 



Ptcnidium Lawsoni, Sharp MS, 



L. c. ^^-lin. — Ovale, convexum, castaneum, nitidiim, pilis 

 bre\dssiniis flavis parce vestitimi, capite sat parvo, im- 

 punctato ; pronoto modico, capite parum longiori atque 

 latiori, pone medium latissimo, punctis magnis, foveolatis, 

 remotis, ad basim ordiiie transverse irregulaiiter dispositis, 

 interstitiisque glabris nitidis per totum ornato : lateribus 

 marginatis rotuudatis, ad basim contractis, angulis basali- 

 bus obtnsis ; scutello magno, glabro, punctis duobus magnis 

 ad basim impresso ; elytris ovalibus, ante media latissimis, 

 punctis magnis profundis confertim ornatis, lateribus mar- 

 ginatis, apice lato rotundato ; pedibus sat longis, la3te 

 Havis; antennis longis gracilibus pallide flavis. 



Ifcad rather small, smooth, and shining, impunctate, 

 furnished with a few long recurved hairs, ^\-ith the mar- 

 gins of the clypeus distinctly reflexed ne;tr the eyes and 

 antemicTe ; eyes moderate, prominent ; antenuce long and 

 slender, pale yellow. 



Thorax moderate, longer and wider than the head, 

 widest behind the middle, irregularly covered throughout 

 with very large foveolate punctures, which near the base 

 are arranged in an irregular transverse row, the interstices 

 smooth and shining, the sides margined and rounded, con- 

 tracted towards the base, the basal margin nearly straight, 

 the angles obtuse. 



Scutcllum large, triangular, somewhat acuminate, smooth 

 and shining, with two large foveolate punctures near the 

 middle of the base. 



Elytra oval, widest before the middle, rather longer and 

 wider than the head and thorax, closely covered with large 

 and deep punctures, with the interstices smooth and 

 shining, the sides margined, tlie apex paler, broad, and 

 much rounded. 



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CiSTULA Entomologica, 

 May Ist, 1S73. 



