516 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



is often black. The elytra vary by the usual presence of black 

 mai'kings; beginning with two subbasal short lines and a single 

 median one on each elj'tron, through a form in which the sub- 

 basal lines are 3 and the median 2, and a form in which in 

 addition the suture is (more or less widely) black, and another in 

 which the subbasal and median lines are connected into fasciae, and 

 another in which a subapical fascia is added, and others in which 

 these various markings increase in size, the black colouring gradually 

 invades the whole elytra except a narrow margin {flavitarsis, 

 Chp.), and at last does not leave any testaceous colouring at all; 

 in many examples the undersurface and legs are more or less 

 marked with black, and in some the antennae are blackish near 

 the apex The species is a small one (long. 14-2;| lines), and I 

 have seen examples from S. Australia, Victoria, N.S. Wales, and 

 Tasmania. 



P. Dryope, sp.nov. 



Late ovalis; minus convexa ; modice nitida ; testacea, varie 

 nigro-notata (exempli typici capitis ad basin summam macula 

 antrorsum biloba, scutello toto, elytrorum macula communi 

 post-scutellari, in utroque elytro macula basali maculaque 

 subapicali annulari, et in corpore subtus maculis plurimis, 

 nigris), capite rufescenti, antennis apicem versus infuscatis; 

 capite ante oculos elongato, crebrius dupliciter (subtiliter et 

 subfortiter) punctulato ; oculis depressis, antennis parum 

 elongatis, articulis 5°-8° gradatim latioribus, 8°-10° inter se 

 sat a^qualibus quam latioribus parum longioribus; prothorace 

 quam longiori ut 2^ ad 1 latiori, antice valde bisinuato, in 

 disco subtilissime (ad latera grosse crebrius) punctulato, 

 angulis anticis acutis posticis obtusis, lateribus leviter 

 arcuatis; elyti'is baud striatis, puncturis magnis sat symme- 

 trice (in seriebus 10 dispositis) impressis, interstitiis planis 

 sparsius punctulatis, parte laterali puncturis quam serierum 

 puncturse vix majoribus crebre sat sequaliter impressa. Long. 

 l|-2, lat. lyV-lf line'^ 

 Extreme specimens of this insect are entirely testaceous except 

 3 or 4 faint fuscous spots on each elytron; others have 5 or 6 



