natural, history

Ventral surface piceous, shining, finely and diffusely punctate; the mesosternumparticularly shining and more diffusely and finely punctate, abdomen obsoletelywrinkled at the sides. Femora fuscous, shining, very finely and diffusely punctate;tibiae fusco-testaceous, more closely and strongly punctured, with rufous pubescencetowards the apex; tarsi brunneus with rufous pubescence, segment I of the hindtarsi very elongate. as long as the remainder combined; hind tibiae of the malebisinuate on inner margin.Holotype: S[', Hutuna, Rennell [sland, 8. X. 1953 (1. D. BRADLEY) (Brit. Exp.).Allotype: 0, Hutuna, 20. XI. 1953 (Brit. Exp.).Paratypes: Hutuna: 3.17-19. X. 1953; 2, 26-28. XI. 1953; ~,2. Xl. 1953; Sf'. 14.X. 1953 (Brit. Exp.).P. hradleyi most closely resembles P. hydrophiloides Fairm. from which it differsin having the head less strongly punctured. the frons much narrower and the anteriormargin of the pronotum straight.Chariotheca cuprina Fairm.(1849. Rev. et Mag. Zoo!. (2) 1: 451)Three specimens. Hutuna. 2. XI. 53. 8. XI. 53 and 20. Xl. 53 (Brit. Exp.).Chariotheca kaszabi n. sp. (PI. 14, Fig. 3)Elongate, sub-parallel. shining greenish and black. legs pitchy black. antennae rufobrunneus,palpi rufous, ventral surface shining black.Head pitchy black. transverse. about twice as wide as long; side margin extendinghalfway across eyes which are moderately large and convex, thence slightly convergingto anterior angles which are very obtuse and slightly raised into a supra-antennalprominence; anterior margin strongly and evenly rounded; disc convex; c1ypealsuture very fine but complete and distinct; puncturation on disc strong and closewith a tendency to run into longitudinal rows by the eyes. becoming finer and closerin the depression immediately in front of the eyes, abruptly finer anterior to thec1ypeal suture. Pal pi rufous. Antennae rufo-brunneus; short not reaching the base ofthe pronotum. segment one stout, somewhat elongate, 2 quadrate. 3 longer thaneither 2 or 4, 4 slightly elongate, 5 and 6 sub-equal in length. 6 wider than 5, 7-10forming an indistinct club. becoming progressively more transverse, II very slightlyelongate, rounded apically. 8-11 punctured and with short outstanding pubescence.Pronotum shining black, somewhat convex, transverse. widest at the base whereit is twice as wide as long, almost parallel sided to just in front of the middle andthence arcuately contracted to anterior angles which are obtuse. anterior marginbroadly excavate. basal margin deeply bisinuate, lateral margin thick inside which isa fine distinct stria continuous from apical angle to basal angles which are acute; basemargined from apical angle towards the centre where the margin becomes evanescent;with an obsolete depression in the centre at the base; puncturation fine and diffuse.Scutellum triangular, impunctate. purplish-black .•118