252 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



P. NUPTA, sp.nov. 



Breviter ovata; valde convexa; nitida; testacea, antennis (l)asi 

 excepta) palpis genubus tarsis macula froutali biloba scutello 

 humeris et elytrorum punctis seriatis nigris: capite latissimo 

 perbrevi, crebrius subtilius puuctulato ; prothorace quam 

 longiori ut fere 2| ad 1 latiori, crebrius subtiliter (ad latera 

 sat grosse) punctulato, latera A^ersus fere sequali, lateribus 

 leviter arcuatis, latitudine majori fere ad basin posita, angulis 

 posticis fere nullis ; elytris baud striatis, geminatim 10- 

 seriatim punctulatis, puncturis in seriebus sparsis, interstitiis 

 planis subtiliter minus crebre punctulatis, parte marginali 

 quam series pauUo minus fortiter punctulata; antennis minus 

 elongatis. 



(J. Quam, $ brevier. Long. 2|-3, lat. 24 lines. 



This species does not seem to be a variable one; it is easily 

 recognisable by the rows (arranged in pairs) of very conspicuous 

 black spots on its elytra, — each black spot containing one of the 

 seriate punctures. 



S. Australia; Eyre's Peninsula. 



P. REMOTA, Germar. 



This species is easily recognised by its peculiar form, which is 

 extremely convex with the elytra (viewed from the side) rising 

 to their greatest height very abruptly from the base,- — so that 

 the greatest height is at a point vertically above (looking at the 

 insect from the side) a point considerably in front of the middle 

 of the lateral margin of the elytra. The insect is 3^ lines long 

 and of testaceous colour, less nitid than most in this subgroup 

 and with the black colouring of the seriate punctures on the 

 elytra scarcely extending beyond the punctures themselves (there 

 fore not very conspicuous). The head as in the preceding two 

 species is very wide and short, the front of the clypeus being 

 scarcely farther forward than a line joining the front of the eyes. 



