During a search for new compounds crystallizing with the Ce3Al4Si6 and CeAlSi2 structure types, the new compounds Pr3Al4Si6 and PrAlSi2 were found. The crystal structures of these compounds and of PrAl2Si2 (CaAl2Si2-type structure) were refined from X-ray powder diffraction data. (PrAl2S6: P3m1, a = 4.2096(2) angstrom, c = 6.8422(3) angstrom, Z= 1; Pr3Al4Si6: P3m1, a = 4.18050(9) angstrom, c = 17.9793(5) angstrom, Z= 1; PrAlSi2: P3m1, a = 4. 1615(2) angstrom, c = 11.1312(7) angstrom, Z= 2). The structures of Pr3Al4Si6 and PrAlSi2 belong to a homologous series of general formula Rm+nAl2nSi2n+2m, where m and n are the numbers of AlB2- and CaAl2Si2-type slabs, respectively. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.