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transverse rugoso, linea dorsali impressa; elytris striatis, postice denti- 

 culatis utrinque vitta longitudinali flava prope latus posita; subtus 

 punctata. 



Dull coppery brown. Elytra with a wide testaceous lateral vitta on each, 

 the suture with a cyaneous tinge. Beneath, with the sides of thorax 

 and abdomen, covered with a yellow pubescence. Antenna; and tarsi 

 flavous. Femora and tibiae cyaneous. 



Head punctured, with an impressed dorsal line. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long ; anterior margin very deeply emarginate, its angles 

 much produced, half as long as the base ; sides slightly rounded 

 near the anterior margin, then nearly straight to the posterior 

 angles ; base straight ; surface strongly and rugosely wrinkled 

 transversely, with an impressed dorsal line and a curved line near 

 each lateral margin. Elytra twice as long as wide, wider than 

 the thorax, deeply striate, the interstices raised and rounded; 

 each side with a wide longitudinal impression extending from ihe 

 shoulder almost to the apex, widest in the middle, gradually nar- 

 rowing at either end ; posterior margin denticulate ; the teeth near 

 the apex much closer together than those on the sides. Beneath with 

 the sides of thorax and abdomen covererl with a j'ellow mealy pu- 

 bescence, centre of latter very brilliant and finely punctured. Legs 

 punctured, with a few fine hairs. 



Length 14 lines. Brieadth 5 lines. 



Hab. Fiji Islands. 



P. MARGiNiPENNis (fig. 5). jEnco-nigra, punctata ; thorace linea dor- 

 sali impressa, foveaque flava prope angulum posteriorem posita ; ely- 

 tris striato-punctatis, ad margines canaliculatis ; subtus in lateribus 

 flavo pubescens, pedibus antennisque brunneis. 



Bronzy black. Centre of forehead, a fovea on each side of the thorax 

 near the base, and the lateral margins of the elytra flavo-pubescent. 

 Beneath with the sides of thorax and abdomen covered with a yellow 

 mealy pubescence. Legs brown. Tarsi and antennae flavous. 



Head punctured, excavated between the eyes. Thorax at the base nearly 

 twice as wide as long ; anterior margin emarginate, half as long as 

 the base ; sides slightly rounded ; base straight ; surface rugosely 

 punctui'cd, with a deeply impressed dorsal line ; on each side near the 

 lateral margin is an elongated fovea, widest at the base, and becom- 

 ing pointed as it approaches the anterior margin. Ely tra a little more 

 than twice as long as wide, puuctate-striate ; sides each with a narrow 

 impressed vitta extending from behind the shoulder almost to the 

 apex, keeping quite close to the margin the whole distance. Beneath 

 very shining, punctured ; sides densely pubescent. Legs punctured, 

 with a few fine short hairs. 



Length 12 linea. Breadth 4 lines. 



Hab. Fiji Islands. 



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