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REVISIOK OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS. 

 By Rev. T. Blackiurn, B.A., Corresponding Member. 



Part II. 



TABULATION OF THE SPECIES FORMING SUBGROUP IV. (OF GROUP III.) 



*A. Prothorax distinctly explanate at sides. 

 B. Subhumeral depression present. 

 C. Elytral verrucse concolorous with derm, 

 closely set in regular series and not large. 

 D. Marginal part of elytra well defined near 



apex, with a distinct sulculus castanea. Marsh. 



DD. Marginal part of elytra scarcely distinct 



from the discal part catenata, Chp. 



CC. Elytral verruca? not as C. 



D. The elytral verrucee normal (small and bi^t 

 little elevated). 

 E. Prothorax widest close to base, very 



strongly narrowed in front tuberculata, Chp. 



EE. Prothorax widest not much behind 

 middle, not very strongly narrowed 



in front inops, Blackb. 



DD. The elytral vcrruccB large and prominent 



(concolorous with derm) impressa, Chi>. 



AA. Prothorax not (or scarcely) explanate at sides. 

 B. The punctures of the elytra run evenly over 

 the verrucse, which are scarcely elevated. 

 C. The sutxire broadly black in its front one- 

 third blanda, Blackb. 



CC. The suture without marking punctipennis, Blackb. 



BB. The verrucse unpunctured or nearly so. 

 C. Elytra not having a sharply defined discal 

 transverse wheal-like ridge. 

 D. Subhumeral depression present. 



E. Elytral punctures almost lost in the 

 close rugulosity of interstices; post- 

 basal impression very slight creberrima, Blackb. 



fides of prothorax only very feebly explanate in tuberculata . 



