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Length 13 lines. Breadth 4^ lines. 

 liab. Celebes? 



P. SULCATA (fig. 2). Viridis, thorace quadricostato ; elytris utrinque 

 quadricostatis, sulci elytvorum thoracisque lanugine flava pleni ; subtus 

 viridis, tarsis abdominisque lateribus flavis. 



Brilliant golden green. Thorax and elytra sulcate, the sulci filled with 

 a golden-yellow powder. Beneath with the centre of the abdomen 

 cupreous, the sides covered with a similar powder to that on the elytra. 

 Antennae and tarsi flavous. 



Head excavated between the eyes, the excavation with a slightly raised 

 line on each side, convei'ging as they approach the vertex. Thorax 

 once and three-quarters as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly 

 emarginate, a little more than half as long as the base ; sides nearly 

 straight, very faintly angulated near the base, which is slightly 

 bisinuate ; surface largely and remotely punctate, with five sulci, a 

 wide one in the centre and near each lateral margin, and a narrow 

 one on each side between them. Elytra much wider than the 

 thorax, a little more than twice as long as wide, posterior margins 

 of the sides deeply serrate ; each elytron with three wide sulci, 

 the interstices raised and smooth. Beneath and legs punctured ; 

 sides of thorax and abdomen densely covered with yellow mealy 

 pubescence. 

 Length 15 Hues. Breadth 5^ hues. 

 Hab. Fiji Islands. 



P. FOVEicoLLis (fig. 3). iEneo-fusca, tarsis antennisque flavis; capite 

 inter oculos impresso ; thorace punctato, disco et lateribus impressis ; 

 elytris fortiter striatis ; subtus punctata, abdominis lateribus flavis. 



Bronzy brown. Scutellum cyaneous. Tarsi and antennae flavous. 



Head rugose, strongly depressed between the eyes. Thorax once and 

 two-thirds as broad as long ; anterior margin nearly straight, a little 

 more than half the length of the base ; sides nearly straight ; base 

 straight ; disk with a large longitudinal dorsal fovea, widest at the 

 base, and becoming quite narrow at the anterior margin, filled with a 

 fine silvery pubescence ; sides rugose, each with an impressed curved 

 line close to the margin. Elytra punctate-striate ; the interstices 

 raised and rounded, twice as long as wide ; sides sinuate above the 

 middle ; posterior margin denticulate ; apex slightly attenuate. Be- 

 neath and legs punctured ; sides of thorax and abdomen covered with 

 a brownish-yellow mealy pubescence. 



Length 11 lines. Breadth 4 lines. 



Hab. Aneiteum. 



P. TACiTUKNA {H. Deyr. MSS.) (fig. 4). Fusca, elytrorum et 

 abdominis lateribus flavis, pedibus antennisque testaceis, thorace 



