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BB. Elytra closely punctulate (12 punc- 

 tures from suture not nearly reach- 

 ing middle of width) creber, Blackh. 



AA. Antennae of 9 joints. 

 B. Prothorax twice as wide as long ... laticollis, Blackh. 

 BB. Prothorax decidedly less trans- 

 verse helseoides, Blackh. 



P. creher, sp. nov.. Sat brevis; fortiter convexus ; postice 



dilatatus ; minus nitidus ; supra sat glaber, subtus et in 



pedibus pilis fulvis minus sparsim vestitus; niger, an- 



tennis palpis tarsisque picescentibus ; clypeo crebre rugu- 



loso, antice sinuato-truncato ; fronte leviter vix crebre 



punctulata; prothorace quam longiori fere duplo latiori, 



antice leviter angustato, supra fortiter crebre punctulato 



(in parte postico-laterali confluenter subtiliter ruguloso), 



angulis posticis rotundato-obtusis, lateribus leviter arcua- 



tis, basi media parum lobata ; elytris ut prothoracis discus 



punctulatis, baud striatis; pygidio sparsim punctiilato; 



tibiis anticis extns fortiter 3-dentatis; labro a clypeo 



obtecto; antennis 8-articulatis ; coxis posticis metasterno 



(hoc sat brevi) longitudine sat aequalibus, quam. seg- 



mentum ventrale secundum sat longioribus ; unguiculis 



appendiculatis. Long., 6 J 1. ; lat., 3 J 1. 



This species is a little more elongate than its previously 



described congeners, with the metasternum slightly longer. 



As my specimen is unique I have not been able to examine 



its concealed parts, but I have no doubt of its wings being 



obsolete. There are considerably more than 20 punctures 



down the length of its pronotum, and something like 35 acrosa 



the width of an elytron. 



New South Wales (Mount Kosciusko) ; taken by Mr. H. 

 J. Carter. 



P. laticollis, sp. nov. Brevis; fortiter convexus; modice niti- 

 dus; supra fere glaber pilis erectis fulvis sparsissime ves- 

 titus ; subtus et in pedibus pilis fulvis nonnullis vestitus ; 

 niger, antennis palpis tarsisque picescentibus ; clypeo 

 crebre ruguloso, antice (superne viso) truncato; fronte 

 minus crebre punctulata ; prothorace quam longiori plena 

 duplo latiori, antice leviter angustato supra sparsim acer- 

 vatim subgrosse vix profunde punctulato, angulis pos- 

 ticis (superne visis) bene determinatis fere rectis ; lateri- 

 bus leviter arcuatis, basi parum lobata ; elytris vix 

 manifeste striatis, sparsim sat grosse punctulatis ; pygidio 

 sparsissime punctulato ; tibiis anticis extus fortiter 3- 

 dentatis ; labro a clypeo obtecto ; antennis 9-articulatis ; 

 coxis posticis metasterno (hoc brevi) longitudine sat 

 aequalibus, quam segmentum ventrale secundum sat 

 longioribus; unguiculis appendiculatis. Long., 6 1.; 

 lat., 3f 1. 



