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p. AUBOFOVEATA (fig. 6). Caput thoraxque SEnea, punctata, hie linea 

 doi'sali impressa, foveaque auiea prope latus posita ; elytra olivacea, 

 foveis quatuor aureis in singulis positis ; subtus ajneo-viridis, tarsis 

 testaceis. 



Head bronzy, coppery between the eyes. Thorax bronzy brown, with a 

 golden fovea near each lateral margin. Elytra bronzy, with green and 

 purple reflections, each with four golden foveaj, the posterior one much 

 elongated. Beneath bronzy green. Tarsi testaceous. Antennaj brown. 



Head deeply punctured, excavated between the eyes. Thorax not 

 quite twice as wide as long at the base ; anterior margin emarginate, 

 about half as long as the base ; sides slightly rounded in front and 

 somewhat sinuate behind the middle ; base almost straight ; surface 

 punctured ; dorsal line slightly impressed, each side with a deeply 

 impressed obovate fovea situated a little behind the middle. Elytra 

 a little more than twice as long as wide, irregularly punctured and 

 faintly striate ; each with four golden fovea;, placed one at the base 

 above the shoulder, the second just above the middle ; the third ori- 

 ginates about the middle and extends almost to the apex, gradu- 

 ally becoming narrower as it approaches it ; the fourth is placed 

 midway between the first and second, almost touching the lateral 

 margin ; sides with the posterior margins denticulate. Beneath punc- 

 tured ; sides of thorax and of each abdominal segment pubescent. 

 Legs punctured, slightly hairy. 



Length 14 lines. Breadth 4| lines. 



Hab. N.W. Australia, 



P. suTURALis (fig. 7). iEneo-viridis, capite inter oculos rufo-pubes- 

 cente, thorace quatuor foveolis albidis in angulis positis ; elytris ad 

 suturam igneo colore saturatis, utrinque tribus foveis albis prope 

 marginem positis ; subtus lateribus abdominis ciipreo foveatis, tarsis 

 brunneis. 



Bronzy green. Head rufo-pubescent between the eyes. Elytra with 

 fiery red reflections in the dorsal region. Beneath with the posterior 

 margin of each abdominal segment fiery red. Tarsi testaceous. 

 Antennae brown. 



Head punctured, excavated between the eyes, the excavation filled 

 with orange-red pubescence. Thorax two-thirds as long as wide 

 at the base ; anterior margin emarginate, but slightly produced 

 in the centre ; sides slightly rounded ; posterior angles acute ; 

 base nearly straight ; surface punctured ; dorsal line slightly im- 

 pressed; sides each with a small somewhat round fovea near the 

 posterior angle, and a narrow diagonal one near the anterior, filled 

 with silvery pubescence. Elytra slightly more than twice as long as 

 wide, irregularly punctui'ed, each with three silvery pubescent fovese 

 on the side, one above the shoulder, the second midway between it and 

 the centre of the elytra, the third midway between the second and the 



