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P. tumbyensis (var.! P. fuscomaculate, Baly). Elongato-ovalis ; 
sat convexa ; sat nitida; testacea, capite prothorace scutello 
elytrorumque maculis nonnullis infuscatis et sneo-micanti- 
bus, antennarum articulis (3 vel 4 exceptis) plus minusve 
piceo-tinctis ; capite fortiter plus minusve crebre haud (vel 
parum) rugulose punctulato, sat lato, oculis inter se valde 
distantibus, sulcis interocularibus sat profundis; antennis 
quam corporis dimidium vix longioribus, articulo 1° quam 
2° 3"° que conjuncti (hoc quam ille sat longiori) parum 
breviori ; prothorace quam longiori duplo latiori, crebre sub- 
grosse punctulato, antice parum angustato, lateribus rectis, 
angulis anticis manifeste extrorsum acutis; elytris fortiter 
punctulato-striatis, interstitiis punctulatis convexis postice 
angustis costiformibus. Long., 11 1.; lat., $1. 
The markings on the elytra are of a reddish fuscous color with 
a slight brassy tone; they consist of a subbasal fascia not reach- 
ing the lateral margins, a median fascia much narrowed about 
the suture, and a very faint subapical fascia; in some samples 
they are almost obsolete. It is possible that this is a local form 
of P. fusco-maculata, Baly, but I think it more probably a dis- 
tinct species as it differs from the description not only in the 
markings of the elytra and the absence of infuscation on the 
under surface, but in several more important characters—notably 
in the straight sides of its prothorax. JI have seen about half-a- 
dozen specimens which differ inter se only in the sculpture of the 
head (a sexual variation I believe) and the greater or less dis- 
tinctness of the markings on the elytra. 
S. Australia ; Eyre’s Peninsula, near Tumby. 
P. hypocrita, sp. nov. Ovalis, sat elongata; sat convexa; sat 
nitida; testacea, capite prothoraceque rufescentibus, antennis 
apicem versus et femoribus posticis infuscatis; capite lato, 
sparsim grosse punctulato ; oculis inter se valde distantibus, 
sulcis interocularibus minus profundis ; antennis quam corp- 
oris dimidium subbrevioribus, minus robustis, articulo 1° 
quam 2° 3"° que conjuncti vix breviori, 2° quam 3" multo 
crassiori et sublongiori ; prothorace quam longiori vix duplo 
latiori, fortiter sat crebre punctulato, antice parum angust- 
ato, lateribus fere rectis, angulis anticis manifeste extror- 
sum acutis; elytris modice striatis, striis confertim minus 
fortiter punctulatis, interstitiis vix convexis vix manifeste 
punctulatis, Long.,11.; lat, 21 © 
Notable for the pale testaceous color of its elytra and the 
coarse sparse puncturation of its head. 
W. Australia. 
P. aciculata, sp. nov. Ovalis; convexa ; nitida; nea, antennis 
