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P. minutalis, sp. nov. Ovalis, modice elongata; nitida; ut 
preecedens colorata; capite fere ut preecedentis sed sparsim 
subtiliter punctulato; antennis quam corporis dimidium 
sat brevioribus, apicem versus incrassatis, articulo 1° quam 
2° 3"° que conjuncti breviori, 2° brevi (quam 3" sat 
brevior1) ; prothorace fere ut precedentis sed multo minus 
fortiter punctulato ; elytris fere ut precedentis sed striarum 
puncturis manifeste minoribus. Long., + 1.; lat., ,%, 1. 
This very small species is much like the preceding (P. varipes ) 
in miniature but differs from it in its antenne being much 
shorter with differently proportioned joints and in its very much 
more finely punctulate head and prothorax. In tabulating the 
species of the genus I have placed this one among those with the 
prothorax strongly punctulate, but with some hesitation ; the 
puncturation of its prothorax however is much less fine than in 
the species in which I have called the prothoracic puncturation fine. 
Victoria. 
P. Olliffi, Blackb. When I described this species I omitted 
to mention a character which though slight seems (from the 
examination of a considerable series of allied species) to be of 
some importance, viz., the presence on the portion of the elytra 
between the suture and the first complete stria of very coarse 
interstitial puncturation among which the shortened subsutural 
row of punctures is entirely untraceable. 
P. crebra, sp. nov. Sat breviter ovalis; minus convexa; sat 
nitida ; viridi-znea, elytris plus minusve violaceo-micantibus, 
pedibus (femoribus posticis plus minusve infuscatis vel nigris 
vel violaceis exceptis) rufis, antennis obscuris basi dilutiori- 
bus; capite sat lato, crebre minus fortiter punctulato, oculis 
inter se distantibus, sulcis interocularibus leviter impressis ; 
antennis quam corporis dimidium brevioribus, articulo 1° 
quam 2"* 3" que conjuncti breviori, hoc quam ille vix longiori 
sed multo graciliori; prothorace quam longiori vix duplo 
latiori, subgrosse sat crebre punctulato, antice leviter angust- 
ato, lateribus leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis haud extror- 
sum acutis; elytris fortiter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis 
leviter convexis levibus (1° excepto, hoc tam fortiter punct- 
ulato ut strie prime puncture sunt penitus confuse). 
Long., 1 1.; lat., £1. (vix). 
A short broad species notable for the very coarse puncturation 
of its prothorax and the absence of a defined abbreviated sub- 
sutural stria, the space between the suture and the first complete 
stria being occupied with confused coarse puncturation devoid of 
linear arrangement. 
N. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Koebele. 
