686 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



large size of those at the beginning of the subgroup, and b}' the 

 wide head and short liasal joint of the antennae of its species 

 from the rest; and distinguished from the aggregates that follow 

 it by its prosternum and antennae being of normal structure in 

 combination with interstices of the elytral series devoid of rows 

 of punctures conspicuously larger than the general interstitial 

 puncturation. 



P. posticaUs (described by me in the Report of the Horn 

 Expedition to Central Australia, II. p. 306) is a species of some- 

 what narrowly oval form and entirely (except a slight infuscation 

 of the antennae towards the apex, and a transverse blackish sulj- 

 apical elytral marking) testaceous colour. The species is dis- 

 tinguished from its immediate allies by the fineness of its elytral 

 seriate puncturation, which is not much less fine than that of the 

 interstices. Its size is long. 2i lines. 



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P. SUBSTRIATA, Chp 



This is a very wide subcircular and somewhat strongly convex 

 species. It is entirely of a brown or testaceous colour, excepting 

 that the seriate punctures of the elytra are usually Ijlackish and 

 the apical part of the antennte is infuscate. Li\'ing specimens 

 are more or less greenish. The elytral seriate puncturation is 

 much coarser than that of P. j^osticaJis, and the interstices 

 between the series are notably wider and flatter, especially in 

 their hinder part. Its size is long. 14-2f lines. The basal joint of 

 the four anterior tarsi of the male is only moderately dilated, 

 with its sides but little rounded. The habitat of the species is 

 W. Australia. I have an example named by Dr. Chapuis. 



P. Clio, sp.nov. 



Sat late ovata: sat convexa; nitida; testacea, antennis apicem 

 versus nigricantiljus, elytrorum puncturis seriatis (exempli 

 typici) infuscatis; capite minus crebre (preesertim ad latera) 

 minus subtiliter punctulato ; antennis minus elongatis, 

 articulo basali brevi, articulis externis sat dilatatis nonnullis 

 quam latioribus vix longioribus; prothorace quam longiori ut 



