174 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



over the apical half of the elytra) which are dai'ker. There is 

 little noticeable difference between the sexes. 

 S. Australia; Adelaide district. 



P. PRODROMA, sp.nov. 



(J. P. hrevissimce. affinis ; minus brevis ; sternis, elytrorum 



verrucis, et antennis apicem versus picescentibus ; capite 



minus confertim minus subtiliter punctulato ; prothoracis 



lateribus subdilatatis; elytris fortiter punctulatis, pone basin 



vix impressis, interstitiis latera versus rugas transversas 



(certo adspectu) simulantibus, parte marginali a disco vix 



distincta; cetera ut P. hrevissima. Long. 3, lat. 2| lines. 



The lateral portions of the prothorax in this species certainly 



do not continue the convexity of the disc so evenly as in /'. 



verrucosa, hrevissima, itc. Apart from the character already 



referred to, it is very near P. verrucosa, Marsh., Init differs in the 



markedly coarser puncturation of its elytra, in the marginal part 



of its elytra considerably less directed obHquely outward, and in 



its humeral calli concolorous with the derm. It also somewhat 



resembles P. Adelaidre, but is a less wide species with the sides 



of its prothorax scarcely explanate and its elytral puncturation 



notably coarser. The transversely wrinkled appearance of the 



elytra near the lateral margins seems to be a good distinctive 



character. 



Victoria; unique in my collection. 



P. CYGNICOLA, Sp llOV. 



9. Late subovata, valde convexa, altitudine majori (a latere 

 visa) ante elytrorum marginem medium posita; sat nitida; 

 testaceo-ferruginea, sternis (ex parte) tarsis (ex parte) 

 antennis apicem summum versus et elytrorum verrucis 

 picescentibus ; capite confertim subtilius punctulato ; pro- 

 thorace quam longiori ut 2| ad 1 latiori, ab apice paullo 

 ultra medium dilatato, pone apicem transversim impresso, 

 ut caput (ad latera grosse rugulose) punctulato, lateribus sat 

 fortiter arcuatis haud deplanatis, angulis posticis nullis ; 



