BY REV. T. BLACKBURN. 699 



P. CEnone, sp.nov. 



Ovalis; subelongata; minus convexa; sat nitida; testacea vel 

 viridi-testacea, elytris basin versus plus minusve perspicue 

 fusco- vel rufo-adumbratis; capita inter oculos sat convexo, 

 leviter sparsius punctulato; antennis brevibus, articulis 1" 

 brevibus 2-6 cylindricis 7-11 sat dilatatis submoniliformibus; 

 prothorace quam longiori ut 2| ad 1 latiori, fere sequali, in 

 disco vix perspicue ad latera subfortiter punctulato, lateribus 



■ parum arcuatis, angulis anticis subacutis posticis subrectis; 

 elytris antice baud (postice sat manifeste) striatis, distincte 

 subtilius 10-seriatim punctulatis, interstitiis subtiliter sat 

 crebre nee seriatim punctulatis, sutura postice manifeste 

 carinata, parte marginali quam series externte vix magis 

 fortiter punctulata; prosterni parte mediana baud sulcata, 

 ad latera leviter subtiliter carinata. Long. 1-li, lat. 4 lines. 



I do not think that I have seen a male of this species, but it is 

 difficult to determine the sex of these extremely small Paropses 

 unless the characters happen to be strongly developed. P. CEnone, 

 however, is easily distinguished liy the characters cited in the 

 tabulation. It is especially notable among its immediate allies 

 for its more convex head and very short antennae. In shape it 

 resembles P. Niohe, but is not quite so depressed as that species. 



Central Australia. 



P. Irene, sp.nov. ' 



Latissime ovalis, fere circularis, postice angustata; minus con- 

 vexa; sat nitida; testacea vel viridi-testacea, elytris (nonnul- 

 lorum exemplorum) latera apicemque versus indeterminate 

 infuscatis, antennis apicem versus infuscatis ; capite inter 

 oculos minus piano subfortiter minus crebre punctulato ; 

 antennis sat brevibus, articulis 1" brevi, 2-6 cylindricis, 7° 

 parum dilatato, 8-11 sat dilatatis; prothorace quam longiori 

 ut 2^ ad 1 latiori, latera versus manifeste impresso, in disco 

 subtiliter latera versus sat fortiter crebrius punctulato, lateri- 

 bus leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis obtusis posticis subrectis; 



