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P. crassipennis, sp. nov. Ovalis, sat elongata; sat nitida; 
subtus obscure rufescens, supra brnnneo-testacea, (capite 
prothoraceque plus minusve rufescentibus), antennis testaceis 
(parte dimidia apicali plus minusve picescenti), pedibus 
testaceis (femoribus posticis plus minsuve  infuscatis) 
nonnullorum exemplorum sutura infuscata; capite fere ut 
P. quadraticollis sed sulcis interocularibus minus obsoletis 
(ab oculorum parte postica ad antennarum basin ut line 
subtiles rectee extensis) antennis fere ut P. quadraticollis 
sed subbrevioribus paullo robustioribus ; prothorace quam 
longiori duplo latiori, subgrosse vix crebre punctulato, quam 
caput paullo latiori, antice distincte angustato, lateribus 
leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis parum incrassatis sat acutis 
sed haud extrorsum directis ; elytris striatis, striis sat grosse 
nec crebre punctulatis (strize prime puncturis vix confusis), 
interstitiis leviter convexis vix manifeste punctulatis. Long., 
el, lat,, + |. (vix). 
Allied to the preceding two species but readily distinguishable 
by the coarse comparatively sparse punctures of its elytral strie. 
Its prothorax is by no means sparsely punctured but evidently 
less closely than that of P. quadraticollis. In this and the pre- 
ceding two species the interval between the eyes is evidently 
wider than twice the width of an eye. In this species there is a 
perplexing variability in the depth of the larger punctures of the 
head and in the degree of convexity of the elytral insterstices, 
hardly two specimens being quite alike in these respects. 
S. Australia; Eyre’s Peninsula. 
P. Meyricki, sp. nov. Elongata; subparallela; sat nitida ; 
piceo-brunnea, vix cupreo-micans, antennis testaceis (articulis 
ultimis 4 piceo-tinctis), pedibus testaceis (femoribus plus 
minusve infuscatis); capite lato, confertim subrugulose 
zequaliter punctulato, sulcis interocularibus obsoletis, oculis 
inter se valde distantibus ; antennis minus gracilibus, quam 
corporis dimidium sat longioribus, articulo 1° quam 2"* 3"° que 
conjuncti (hoe quam ille vix longiori) vix  breviori; 
prothorace fere ut P. guadraticollis sed marginibus antico et 
postico latitudine zqualibus ; elytris leviter striatis, striis 
minus crebre vix fortiter punctulatis (striarum prime, et 
antice secunde, puncturis confusis), interstitiis sat convexis 
vix perspicue punctulatis. Long., 1 1.; lat., 2 1 
Near P. quadraticollis but differing from it and other allied 
species by the puncturation of its head which scarcely differs from 
that of its prothorax except in being a trifle closer with a distinct 
tendency to rugulosity. I have a specimen from W. Australia 
(which I take to be an immature example of this insect) entirely . 
of a pale testaceous color. 
W. Australia; taken by Mr. Meyrick. 
