4,94 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



closely punctulate; the lateral portion of the elytra is impressed 

 with close and not particularly coarse puncturation, the interstices 

 of these punctures not or scarcely rugulose. The elytra are devoid 

 of lateral unevenness. The antennse are slender and filiform, 

 their 3rd joint very evidently longer than the 4th joint. The 

 males are a little less convex than the females. Long. 3^-4, 

 lat. 2|-3 lines. 



The principal variation that I observe in this species is in the 

 presence of more or less fuscous colouring in the punctures of the 

 lateral portion of the elytra. 



I suspect that P. arnica, Newm., is a variety of this species, 

 but the description is altogether insufficient for identification. 



When alive this species bears a good deal of ill-defined green 

 or golden metallic colouring, consisting of spots and lines on the 

 head and prothorax, and suffused over the elytra but generally 

 much brighter about the base than on the hinder part. 



Specimens taken by the Horn Expedition in Central Austi-alia 

 have the head less flattened and the prothorax somewhat less 

 closely punctulate, with its front margin more strongly bisinuate; 

 they may represent a distinct very closely allied species. 



I have a specimen named conferta by Dr. Chapuis which I can- 

 not separate from the present insect. 



N.S. Wales, Victoria, S. Australia, and Tasmania. 



P. Minerva, sp.nov. 



Latissime ovalis ; convexa ; testacea (exemplo typico sicco), 

 elytris pone medium prope marginem disci externum macula 

 majori nigra ornatis ; capite crebre subtilius punctulato ; 



- antennis elongatis gracilibus ; prothorace quam longiori ut 

 21 ad 1 latiori, antice minus angustato, in disco dupliciter 

 (subtiliter et subfortiter) minus crebre nullo modo rugulose 

 (ad latera grosse subrugulose) punctulato, angulis anticis 

 fortiter productis sat acutis posticis rotundatis, lateribus 

 minus arcuatis; scutello Itevi; elytris jequalibus, antice baud 

 (postice leviter) striatis, puncturis minus subtilibus (fere ut 

 P. kesce, Germ.) (his 10-seriatim nullo modo symmetrice dis- 



