670 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



evidently more strongly convex than the male. I have an 

 example named by Dr. Chapuis. 



P. ORPHANA, Er. {orphanula, Chp.) 



This and the next species are readily distinguishable among 

 their immediate allies by the notable coarsening of the punctures 

 in the elytral series near the apex, where they become so coarse 

 that the interstices between some of the series are in their hinder 

 part much narrower than the width of the adjacent punctures. 

 The jDresent species is moderately convex and somewhat widely 

 oval (the males wider than the females). The antennse are some- 

 what short and robust, with some of the joints considerably com- 

 pressed and not very much longer than wide, the basal joint much 

 shorter than in the preceding three species. The interstices of 

 the elytra are of very unequal width inter se, that between the 

 4th and 5th series being especially much narrower than the inter- 

 stices nearer the suture. It is an extremely variable species, the 

 upper surface varying from pale green to brown, with the discal 

 interstices more or less interruptedly dark brown or blackish. In 

 the extreme variety before me the dark colouring of the disc of 

 the elytra extends over the whole insect The underside is more 

 or less infuscate, the legs testaceous or brown. The size is long. 

 2|-3 lines. The .species is plentiful in Victoria and Tasmania. 

 Dr. Chapuis has stated that his orphanuln is identical with 

 orpliana, Er. I have examples from his collection. 



P. suTURALis, Germ. 



I am not at all confident that this species is anything but a 

 variety of the j^receding, as I can find no constant distinctive 

 character except in the colour and markings. The present 

 species is even more variable than orpliana, but I have not seen 

 an example with dark discal vittie on the elytra. It is usually 

 testaceous in colour, with the suture sanguineous. The red 

 colouring of the suture is in many examples extended near the 

 apex to some of the adjacent interstices, in others is wanting, in 



