192 MB. F. V. PASOOJ-; ON THE OVKCVhlOSSlDJi. 



nulatis ; prothorace baud grauulato, antice valde constricto, et si- 

 laceo-squamoso, utriuque rotundato, basi subbisinuato, supra in medio 

 longitudinaliter excavato, tuberculis parvis octo instmcto, in serie- 

 biis duabus aqualibus transversim sitis ; scutello indistincto ; elytris 

 ovatis, compressis, prothorace basi vix latioribus, postice subito de- 

 clivibus, lateribus 4-seriatim elongato-punctatis, granulisque duobus 

 nigris nitidis . basi sitis, singulo tuberculis fasciculatis in seriebus 

 tribus instructo, serie interiore e tribus elongatis in carina positis, in- 

 termedia etiam e tribus, exteriore tuberculo unico minusculo in medio, 

 compositis, parte declivi tuberculo parvo, apicibus conico-acumi- 

 natis, regione apicali silaeea ; pedibus setuloso-squamosis. Long. 6- 

 7 lin. 

 Hab. Queensland. 



This species may be placed after P. Farri/i, Waterli., whicli 

 has broad ovate elytra, considerably depressed above. 



PoROPTERUS VEKKES. P. sat anguste ovatus, niger, squamis elongatis 

 subsilaeeis tectus j capite inter oculos fovea impresso ; rostro valido, 

 vage squamoso ; autennis rufo-piceis, breviusculis ; funiculo art. basali 

 secundo paulo longiore ; prothorace haud granulato, latitudine vix 

 longiore, antice fortiter constricto, utrinque rotundato, basi sub- 

 bisinuato, lobo scutellari dentiformi, supra in medio longitudinaliter 

 excavato, tuberculis obtusis octo instructo, seriebus duabus trans- 

 versim sitis ; scutello inviso ; elytris ovatis, prothorace perparuni 

 angustioribus, postice subito declivibus, lateribus 4-seriatim profunde 

 elongato-punctatis, apicibus truncato, extus paulo angulatis, singulo 

 tuberculis octo, seriebus duabus, munito, sex majoribus, in singula 

 serie tribus, et duobus minoribus in |)arte declivi sitis, granulisque 

 nigris nitidis validis prope scutellum sitis ; pedibus setuloso-squamosis ; 

 tibiis fere rectis. Long. 7 Hn. 

 Hab. Queensland. 

 Allied to the last, but uuicolorous, the prothorax proportioually 



broader, and the first joint of the funicle perceptibly longer than 



the second. 



DlATASSl. 



(Oryptorhynchince.) 



nostrum tenue, elongatum, arcuatum, basi excepta, nudum ; 

 scrohes medianaj, laterales, oculos attingentes. AntenncB gra- 

 ciles ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis quatuor basalibus lon- 

 gioribus, tribus ultimis brevioribus ; clava distincta, anguste 

 ovata. Oeuli laterales, grosse granulati. JProthorax subco- 

 nicus, apice paulo productus, lobis ocularibus prominulis. Ely- 

 tra prothorace latiora, oblongo-cordata. Femora elongata, sub- 

 pedunculata, apicem versus valde incrassata, infra deute valido 



