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tcnuiter granulatis ; antennis piceis, funiculo art. secundo piirao mani- 

 feste longiore, clava ovalij prothorace oblongo, antice constricto, 

 supra parum convexo, pone apicem excavato, in medio tuberculis 

 tribus instruct©, uno elongato anteriore, duobus rotundatis poste- 

 rioribus transversim sitis ; elytris breviter ovatis, tenuiter seriatim 

 l»unctatis, interstitiis planatis, humeris vix ])roductis, apice rotun- 

 datis, singulis triscriatim tubcrculatis — scric intcrioi;cc tuberculis tribus 

 distantibus alte clevatis, exteriore e quatuor validis, intermcdio unico 

 parvo, corapositis ; pedibus breviter setosulis. Long. 6 lin. 

 Hab. Batcliian. 



PoKOi'TERus APPROXiMATUS. P. prajccdcnti affinis sed valde di- 

 stinctus ; differt rostro rugoso, irregulariter punctato, clava magis 

 clongata ; interstitiis elytrorum elevatis, serie intcrioro tuberculorum 

 quinque, approximatis, minus elevatis, tuberculo secundo parvo, serie 

 exteriore e tuberculis variis, uonnullis fere obsoletis, compositis. Long. 

 7 lin. 

 Hab, Kaioa. 



lu this species tLe tubercles of the exterior row are irregular 

 in size, and not well limited. This and the last are somewhat dif- 

 ferent in liabit from any of the Australian species. 



Section II. First and second joints of the funicle equal in lenr/th, pr the 

 first a little longer. 



PoBOPTERUS HARioLUS. (PI. VIL fig. 7.) P. clongato-ovatus, 

 niger, subsilaceo-squamosus ; rostro valido ; antennis piceis, scapo 

 oculum vix attingentc, funiculo art. duobus basalibus fere aiqualibus ; 

 oculis tenuiter granulatis j prothorace vage granulato, longe ante apicem 

 subito constricto, turn fortiter tuberculato-producto, postice sensim 

 angustiore, basi incurvato, supra in medio valde excavato, tuberculis 

 duobus transversim obsitis; scutello distincto; elytris prothorace 

 paulo latioribus, compressis, fortiter punctatis, postice sensim decli- 

 vibus, granulis subnitidis subseriatim adspersis, singulatim tuberculis 

 conicis validis in seriebus duabus instructis, exteriore e tribus, intcriore 

 e quatuor majoribus, quorum tuberculo postico validiore, compositis, 

 apicibus tuberculis duobus minusculis terminatis ; corpora infra pedi- 

 busque subvage squamosis. Long. 7-8 lin. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Dillcrs from P. WestwoodU, Waterh., inter alia, in having the 

 apex of each elytron bitubcrculato, 



PouoPTEUus SPHACELATUS. P. sat angustc ovatus, niger, squamis 

 subsilaceis, plerumque erectis, vestitus ; capite inter oculos fovea trian- 

 gular! impresso ; rostro valido, squamis erectis adsperso ; antennis pi- 

 ceis, funiculo art. duobus basalibus fere scquahbus ; oculis fortiter gra- 



