238 REVISION OP THE CxENUS PAROPSIS, 



datis; elyti'is baud striatis, subtiliter minus distincte 10- 

 seriatim punctulatis, interstitiis planis crebre subtiliter 

 (suturam versus vix, latera versus manifeste, quam series 

 magis subtiliter) punctulatis, parte marginali quam series 

 externa vix magis fortiter punctulata; tarsorum anticorum 4 

 articulo basali minus dilatato ad latera minus rotundato; 

 antennis robustis, articulis 5-8 quam latioribus baud multo 

 longioribus. Long. 4t, lat. 3^ lines. 

 5. Latet. 



Its strongly convex and almost subcircular form render this 

 species somewhat isolated among those having well defined pro- 

 thoracic fovese. It is perhaps most like pale examples of P. 

 Uturata, Marsh., which it closely resembles in puncturation and 

 from which it is most easily distinguished by its antennae suddenly 

 blackish after the 4th joint and having the blackish joints rather 

 strongly compressed. 



Queensland; sent to me by Mr. French. 



P. NiGERRiMA, Germ. (var. alternata, Germ.; var. 1 picta, Chp.) 



I regard alternata, Germ., and picta, Chp., as varieties of this 

 species, and it is very unfortunate that all three names are founded 

 on the colours of particular varieties and therefore unsuitable as 

 specific names. The species is easily distinguishable among those 

 of dark colour and having strongly defined foveate impressions on 

 the prothorax by its elyti'al sculpture which consists of 1 sharply 

 defined series of punctures of which the individual punctures are 

 many times larger than the interstitial punctures. The basal 

 joint of the 4 anterior tarsi in the male is extremely dilated being 

 much longer than, and as wide as, the apical joint; but the apical 

 ventral segment presents scarcely any sexual character, being in 

 the male slightly declivous at its extreme apex and flat in the 

 female. The disc of the prothorax is finely and rather closely 

 punctulate usually with more or less intermixtui-e of some less 

 fine punctures, which are usually (though not invariably) most 

 defined in examples from Western Australia. I have before me 

 specimens taken under circumstances that render it certain that 



