178 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



respects but is very much smaller, with the marginal part of the 

 elytra narrower and less out-turned, and having the lateral 

 verrucfe of the prothorax conspicuously piceous in colour; also of 

 less wide form. 



S. Australia; Adelaide district, Freeling, ifec. 



P. Carpentaria, sp.nov. 



Q. Modice lata, valde convexa, altitudine majori (a latere visa) 



ante elytrorum marginem medium posita ; minus nitida ; 



pallide ferruginea; maculis in capite 2, notis nonnullis inde- 



terminatis in prothorace elytris sternisque, et elytrorum 



verrucis vibicibusque, infuscatis vel piceis; capite sat fortiter 



sat crebre punctulato; prothorpce quam longiori ut 2^ ad 1 



latiori, ab apice paullo ultra medium dilatato, pone apicem 



haud transversim impresso, verrucis 4 sat manifestis trans- 



versim instructo, fortiter sat rugulose punctulato, lateribus 



fortiter arcuatis vix deplanatis, angulis posticis rotundatis; 



scutello fere ut prothorax punctulato ; elytris sub callum 



humeralem haud depressis, pone basin transversim impressis 



parte impressa j^ostice ruga elevata transversa elongata 



marginata, sat fortiter minus crebre subseriatim (ad latera 



paullo magis, postice paullo minus fortiter) punctulatis, 



veiTUcis sat numerosis instructis (ex his nonnullis vibices 



breves transversas simulantibus), interstitiis haud rugulosis, 



parte marginali sat lata a disco (per sulculum continuum) 



modice distincta, calli humeralis margine interno a sutura 



quam ab elyti'orum margine laterali paullo magis distanti ; 



segmento ventrali basali subgrosse minus cx'ebre punctulato. 



Long. 2|, lat. 2 lines. 



This species is the only Paropsis of this subgroup that I have 



seen having in combination a sharply defined elongate wheal-like 



transverse ridge of dark colour on each elytron, and the prothorax 



without any well-defined markings. It may be noted also that 



the sides of the prothorax and elytra are of more pallid colour 



than the disc. 



N. Queensland; sent to me by Mr. French. 



