143 



thorace abclomineque, plus minus f usco-umbratis ; prothorace 

 quam longiori vix duplo latiori, sat crebre duplo-punctulato, 

 latera versus profunde impresso et crassius punctulato, 

 angulis anticis productis acutis posticis rotundatis, lateribus 

 pone medium sat rotundatis antice vix sinuatis ; scutello 

 subtiliter sparsim punctulato ; elytris subfortiter sat crebre 

 confuse punctulatis, lineis longitudinalibus sublsevibus vix 

 manifeste instructis, puncturis circa scutellum magis sparsim 

 positis. Long, 3|— 3f 1. ; lat, 2f— 2f 1. 



. The sexes do not seem distinguishable externally except by the 

 usual characters of the tarsi. The prothorax is at its widest a 

 little in front of the base, which is about half again as wide as 

 the front. The puncturation of the head scarcely differs from 

 that of the prothorax ; it consists of larger and smaller punctures 

 rather evenly mingled, the larger punctures, however, being much 

 smaller than those on the disc of the elytra. The lateral impres- 

 sion of the prothorax is particularly well marked, but the punc- 

 turation of the lateral surface is not so coarse as in many others 

 of the genus. There is no marginal space of the elytra definitely 

 marked off by its special puncturation, but the puncturation of 

 the general surface becomes evidently stronger as it approaches 

 the margin. The shoulders are much rounded, and the elytral 

 outline is scarcely sinuate behind them. The prosternum is 

 moderate, sulcate down the middle, gradually wider hindward ; 

 at its hind apex (which is rounded) about as wide as the truncate 

 apex of the maxillary palpi. The undersurface is almost laevigate, 

 except the hind body, which bears some fine sparse puncturation. 

 The antennas reach back to about the apex of the metasternum. 

 In some examples they are a little infuscate towards the apex. 



This species belongs to Dr. Chapuis' Second Group of Fnropsis^ 

 on account of its elytral puncturation being non-rugulose, and 

 not running in rows. It does not seem very close to any pre- 

 viously-described species. 



Kangaroo Island ; taken by Mr. J. G. O. Tepper. 



P. circumdata, Newm. The brief description of this species is 

 almost word for word identical with the description of P. rufijjes^ 

 Fab. In the absence of any direct evidence to the contrary, 

 Newman's name should be dropped as a mere synonym. 



P. cEnea, sp. nov. Ovalis ; convexa ; nitida ; rufo-testacea, capite 

 prothoraceque plus minus tenescentibus, elytris a^neo-vel viridi- 

 nigris, antennis corporis dimidio brevioribus ; capite sat 

 fortiter punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori multo plus 

 duplo latiori, crebrius subtilissime (latera versus puncturis 

 nonnuUis sat magnis additis) punctulato, a basi ad apicem 

 arcuatim angustato, angulis anticis parum productis parum 



