184 REVISION OP THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



EE. The dark colouring of the elytra 

 limited to the suture and humeral 

 callus si(ft( rella, Chp. 



DD. Elytra entirely black tarsalis, Blackb. 



DDD. Elytra entirely testaceous M-fuscum, Bohem. 



P. SIMPLEX, sp.nov. 



Sat late ovata; nitida; sat convexa; altitudine majori (a latere 



visa) contra elytrorum marginem medium posita; tota rufo- 



brunnea ; capite crebre subfortiter punctulato ; pi"othorace 



quam longiori ut 2| ad 1 latiori, pone apicem trans versim 



impresso, ab apice sat longe ultra medium dilatato, sat crebre 



subfortiter (ad latera grosse rugulose) punctulato, lateribus 



modice arcuatis baud deplanatis, angulis posticis obtusis- 



scutello punctulato ; elytris sub callum humeralem vix 



depressis, pone basin transversim leviter impressis, crebrius 



subfortiter subseriatim punctulatis, parte marginali sat 



angusta (hac postice oblique extus sat fortiter directa) a 



disco modice distincta, calli humeralis margine interno a 



sutura quam ab elytrorum margine laterali paullo magis 



distanti ; segmento venlrali basali sparsius sat subtiliter 



punctulato. Long. 2|, lat. 1~- lines. 



A small species with much general resemblance to those of the 



preceding group, but without elytral verrucse. There is little 



difference between the sexes apart from the chai'acters common 



to all Paropses. 



N. W. Australia; sent by Mr. Masters. 



P. CEEBRA, sp.nov. 



Sat late ovata; sat nitida; sat convexa; altitudine majori (a 

 latere visa) contra elytrorum marginem medium posita ; 

 rufo-brunnea, sternis antennarum parte apicali et notulis 

 indeterminatis in prothorace nonnullis infuscatis : capite 

 crebre subfortiter punctulato; prothorace quam longiori ut 

 2|^ ad 1 latiori, pone apicem vix impresso, ab apice longe 

 ultra medium dilatato, dupliciter (crebrius subtilissime et 

 minus crebre subfortiter. ad latera grosse rugulose) punctu- 



