Black; head profoundly punctured; eyes black with the 

 supcrior and anterior edges and labrum white ; antennae and feet 

 testaceous-yellow ; thorax profoundly and inaequally punctured- 

 lateral margins, lateral third and anterior and posterior edges, 

 and two dilated short basal lines testaceous, lines forming jimctions 

 at right angles with the inner ends of the colored basal edge, 

 scutellum black: elytra deeply, fmely and inequally punctured 

 towards the lateral margins irregularly punctate-striate: a lateral 

 linear spot a little before the middle and apex whitish : pygidium 

 each side with a small whitish spot." 



Melsh. Phil, proceed. III. 172. n. 9 



Haldemans etwas abweichende Beschreibimg lautet also: 

 „Niger, punctatus: ore, orbitis, antermis pedibusque flavis, 

 pronoto inaequaliter profunde punctato, angulis, lateribus, 

 maculisque 2 basalibus flavis: elytris punctatis, ad mar- 

 ginem striato -punctatis, apice maculaque mediali flavis; 

 pygidio impunctato, macula laterali flava, ventre minutis- 

 sime punctulato: femoribus posterioribus in medio fuscis: 

 Long. 1? lin." 



Haid. 261. n. 62. 



Gehört in die vierte Rotte, und wahrscheinlich in die Nähe 

 des P. atomarius Melsh. 



IV. P. mollis Haid. „Niger punctatus: capite pedibusjie 

 flavis: pronoto flavo, maculis 3 nigris: elytris seir^ni 

 punctatis, fascia subbasali apiceque flavis : abdomine flavo- 

 maculato. Long. l£ lin. 



Apex of the venter foveolate. 



Head flavous, punctulate, vertex and a frontal spot obscure 

 rubous; antennae and trophi flavous: pronotum punctulate, fla- 

 vous, a large cordate dorsal macula, with a smaller one on each 

 side black: pectus punctulate: scutel flavous: elytra with the 

 apex and base flavous, except a humeral spot, the region of 

 the scutel, and the suture, which are black, the last confluent 

 with a wide subapical black fascia: pygidium, margin of the 

 venter and feet flavous; middle of the femora discolored. Mis- 

 souri Territory/' 

 Haid. 263. n. 71. 



