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on each side are two small pubescent fovea3, one near the posterior 

 angle, the other, a smaller one, near the anterior. Elytra punctured, 

 especially on their basal half and sides; not quite twice as long as 

 wide ; sides with their posterior margins denticulate. Beneath punc- 

 tured ; sides of thorax and a round fovea on each side of each abdo- 

 minal segment rufo-pubescent. Legs punctured, with a few fine short 

 hairs. 



Length 14 lines. Breadth 5 lines. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



P. iENEicoLLis (fig. 10). Caput thoraxquc senea, hie fortiter punctatus 

 macula aurea utrinque in margine posita, elytris punctato-striatis a;neo- 

 viridibus cairuleo colore saturatis ; subtus lateribus flavis, tarsis anten- 

 nisque luteis. 



Head and thorax bronzy, the latter with an aureo-pubescent semicircular 

 spot on each lateral margin. Elytra bronzy green, with red and cya- 

 neous reflections. Beneath brassy; sides of thorax and abdomen 

 covered with yellow mealy pubescence. Tibia; and antenna; brown. 

 Tarsi flavous. 



Head punctured, excavated and pubescent between the eyes. Thorax 

 at the base not quite twice as broad as long ; anterior margin emar- 

 ginate, three-quarters as long as the base; sides and base nearly 

 straight ; surface deeply punctured, with an impressed dorsal line ; 

 on each lateral margin is a semicircular smooth pubescent space. 

 Elytra very deeply punctate-striate ; posterior margins denticulate ; 

 apex terminating in a sharp point. Beneath largely, but remotely, 

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

 Legs punctured, with a few fine short hairs. 



Length 10^ lines. Breadth 3| lines. 



Hab. Aneiteum. 



G-enus Conognatha, Eschs. 



C. OLiVACEA (fig. 11). Ohvacea, capite thoraceque pilosis ; elytris ru- 

 gosis utrinque quinque lineis elevatis ; subtus viridis, pilosa. 



Head and thorax golden green. Elytra olivaceous. Beneath golden. 

 Legs green. 



Head punctured, covered with long hairs. Thorax twice as wide at 

 the base as long ; anterior margin slightly produced in the centre 

 and at its angles, half as , long as the base ; sides very slightly 

 rounded ; posterior angles produced, but largely rounded. Base witli 

 a deep central lobe ; surface punctured and covered with long whitish 

 hairs, with an impressed dorsal line and a slight impression near each 

 posterior angle. Elytra a little more than twice as long as wide, 

 sides sinuate above the middle ; posterior margins denticulate ; apex 



