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antennis (articulis basalibus 4 exceptis) et in elytrorum disco 

 puncturis nigricantibus ; capite sat crebre punctulato ; 

 antennis minus elongatis ; prothorace quam longiori duplo 

 latiori, in disco acervatim sat fortiter valde sparsim (ad 

 latera grosse nee crebre) punctulato, angulis anticis mucro- 

 natis posticis rotundatis, lateribus evidenter deplanatis; 

 elytris reticulatim rugatis, rugis punctulatis, interstitiis inter 

 rugas anticis obsolete convexis posticis planis. Long. 5^, 

 lat. 4| lines. 

 Easily distinguishable from nearly all the other species of this 

 group by the hind one-third of the elytral disc being entirely 

 without verrucae or granules, the surface being flat and reticulated 

 with fine punctulate wrinkles. The elytral sculpture is of the 

 same type as in P. cerea, Blackb., but in that species the inter- 

 stices of the wrinkles are distinctly convex throughout, and the 

 outline viewed from the side is (at an rate in the ^) much more 

 convex. Probably the 9 of this species is a more convex insect 

 longitudinally, and probably the colouring of the elytral punctures 

 is variable. 



North Queensland (Charters Towers). 



P. SospiTA, sp.nov. 



9. Sat late ovata; fortiter convexa (e latere visa fere ut P. 



ohsoleta, Marsh., conforniata) ; rufo-brunnea elytris hie et 



illic obsolete piceo-umbratis ; capite crebre subtilius sat 



sequaliter punctulato; antennis modicis ; prothorace quam 



longiori ut 13 ad 6 latiori, in disco ut caput (ad latera vix 



grosse) punctulato, utrinque latera versus profunde foveolato, 



angulis anticis mucronatis posticis obtusis, lateribus vix 



manifeste sinuatis; elytris minus fortiter sat crebre fequaliter 



(sed apicem versus magis crebre magis subtiliter) punctulatis 



— puncturis quam P. ohsoletce, Marsh., subtilioribus et paullo 



crebrioribus — interstitiis omnino planis. Long. 5, lat. 34 



lines. 



This is one of the very few species of Paropsis having the 



anterior angles of the prothorax mucronate and the disc of the 



elytra entirely devoid of verrucas or convex interstices. In this 



