*260 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



and is entirely testaceous throughout in colour, except a little 

 infuscation of the apical part of the antennte. 



The species is easily distinguished from P. Jignea, Er., by the 

 puncturation (both seriate and interstitial) of its elytra being 

 quite fine near the suture,— about as fine as in P. morio, Fab., — 

 but becoming gradually coarse towards the lateral margins, where, 

 however, it is still considerably less coarse than in P. lignea, and 

 slightly less coarse than the seriate puncturation of P. intacta, 

 Newm. The prothorax has better marked prothoracic fove^e 

 than in P. lignea; in fact they are better defined than in some 

 species of subgroup i., but there is no fear of confusion with that 

 subgroup on account of the elytral puncturation and the well 

 defined narrow carination of the apical quarter of the suture. 



Boisduval's description of geniculata agrees with the present 

 species as far as it goes, and seems to have been founded on a 

 specimen taken near Sydney. I therefore claim the name for 

 this insect pending any correction that might result from an 

 exaaiination of the tj^pe. 



N. S. Wales; Blue Mountains. 



P. lo, sp.nov. 



Prsecedenti {P. geniculates) valde affinis; differt elytrorum striis 



leviter impressis et colore. 



^. Flava, capite medio (longitudinaliter) et postice maculis in 



prothorace 3 elytris (margine et vittis nonnullis flavis 



exceptis) et antennarum parte apicali nigris. 



9. (Exemplum typicum). Nigra, capite (partibus media et 



postica nigris exceptis) prothorace (maculis 3 nigris exceptis) 



elytrorum margine vittisque nonnullis antennarum parte 



basali et pedum genubus tarsisque rul:)ris. Long. 34-4^, 



lat. 3-3| lines. 



This species is extremely close to P. geniculata, Boisd., in all 



respects except colour, but as the three males before me of each 



species are inter se identical or nearly so in colour and markings, 



and the colours and markings of each species ai'e extremely 



different from those of the other species, I do not see how they 



can be regarded otherwise than as distinct. The only structural 



