518 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



mediana suturam haucl attingenti antrorsum prope suturam 

 et prope disci marginem lateralem producta, macula elongata 

 in medio pone basin lougitudinaliter sita, et fasciis maculari- 

 bus contortis 2 inter se approximatis ante apicem sitis, piceis), 

 capite rufescenti, antennis apicem versus parum infuscatis; 

 capite ante oculos sat elongato, subfortiter (antice crebre 

 postice sparsim) punctulato; oculis depressis; antennis brevi- 

 bus, articulis ultimis 5 sat abrupte dilatatis, 7°-10° fere 

 transversis; prothorace quam longiori ut 2| ad 1 latiori, in 

 disco sublsevi, ad latera grosse punctulato, angulis anticis 

 sat acutis posticis obtusis, lateribus arcuatis ; elytris vix 

 manifeste striatis, puncturis sat magnis symmetrice (in 

 seriebus 10 dispositis) impressis, interstitiis sat planis sub- 

 tiliter punctulatis, parte laterali puncturis quam serierum 

 puncturje vix majoribus crebi'e sat sequaliter impressa. 

 Lonij. li, lat. 4 lines. 



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The head when unduly extruded is seen to be blackish at the 

 base. The markings of the elytra vary from the above description 

 by the faintness or even absence of some or nearly all of them. 

 The species is nearest to Vesta, from which, however, it is readily 

 distinguishable (apart from differences of colour and markings) 

 by its notably smaller size, feebler elytral striation, less strongly 

 granulate eyes, and the very much larger area of its prothorax, 

 on which the punturation is fine — that area being, in fact, about 

 half the entire surface, and extends on either side evenly to the 

 lateral area on which the puncturation is evenly coarse, crowded, 

 and rugulose (as is the case in the others of the subgroup except- 

 ing Vesta), whereas in Vesta there is only a narrow median area 

 without coarse punctures, and outside that area coarse punctura- 

 tion begins sparsely and becomes gradually closer in approaching 

 the lateral areas. 



W. Australia; Swan R. district (Mr. Lea). 



P. Vesta, sp.nov. 



Late ovalis; minus convexa; sat nitida; supra dilute brunnea, 

 colore obscuriori sat indeterminate suffusa (sc. in prothorace 



