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apex ; sides sinuate above the middle ; posterior margins denticulate. 

 Beneath shining, finely punctured ; each side of each abdominal seg- 

 ment with a shallow fovea filled with golden pubescence ; sides of 

 thorax also pubescent. Legs punctured, slightly hairy. 



Length 11 lines. Breadth 3| lines. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



P. FLAVOFOVEATA (fig. 8). Cupreo-fusca, capite inter oculos flavo pu- 

 bescente; thorace punctate, quatuor foveis rotundatis fiavis impresso ; 

 elytris punctatis, ad basim utrinque fovea rotundata flava ; subtus late- 

 ribus flavo pubescentibus, pedibus testaceis. 



Coppery brown. Thorax bronzy. Elytra with the sutural region with 

 olivaceous reflections. Centre of the head, two fovese on each side of 

 the thorax, and one on each elytron near the base flavous. Beneath 

 and legs bronzy. Sides of thorax and abdomen covered with yellow 

 pubescence. Tarsi flavous. Antennaj brown. 



Head punctured, deeply excavated between the eyes. Thorax once 

 and two-thirds as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly emar- 

 ginate, two-thirds as long as the base ; sides rounded behind the 

 anterior margin, then nearly straight to the posterior angles; base 

 straight ; surface deepl}' punctured, with an impressed dorsal line 

 and two round foveas on each side, one near the anterior and the 

 other near the posterior angle, filled with yellow pubescence. Elytra 

 twice as long as wide, punctured, the punctures arranged in lines, 

 each with a round fovea above the shoulder touching the base ; 

 sides sinuate above the middle ; posterior margin denticulate ; apex 

 slightly attenuate. Beneath shining, punctured ; sides of thorax and 

 a round fovea on each side of each abdominal segment flavo-pubes- 

 cent. Legs with a few fine hairs. 



Length 13 lines. Breadth 4 lines. 



Hab. Aneiteum. 



P. MiBSTA (fig. 9). Olivacea, punctata, capite inter oculos excavato, 

 thorace ad angulos foveato, foveis pubesccntia lutca repletis; elytris 

 postice denticulatis ; subtus nitida, fovea flava in singulis abdominis 

 segmentis posita. 



Olivaceous. Thorax on each side with two yellow pubescent fovea;. 

 Elytra with the suture and lateral margins faintly tinged with coppery 

 brown. Beneath with the sides of each abdominal segment bearing a 

 yellow pubescent spot. Tibia3 and antenna; brown. Tarsi flavous. 



Head punctured, widely excavated between the eyes, with a small 

 round patch of pubescence in its middle. Thorax at the base two- 

 thirds as long as wide; anterior margin cmarginatc, a little more than 

 half as long as the base ; sides rounded before the middle and slightly 

 cmarginatc just above the posterior angles, whicli are acute ; base 

 straight ; surface deeply punctured, with a very narrow dorsal line ; 



