190 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



on the elytra except on the extra-diseal portion, so that the 

 common scarcely punctured space includes nearly the whole elytra. 



P. IMMACULATA, Marsh. 



Dr. Chapuis considered this name a synonym of picea, Oliv., 

 but I cannot agree with him. He does not say that he has seen 

 the type of picea, and I have before me specimens that agree 

 very w^ell with Olivier's description, and with which iinmaculata 

 is certainly not identical. These specimens (which are females) 

 are distinctly larger than females of immaculata (of which I have 

 an example that has been compared with the type specimen), and 

 are much less convex longitudinally {i.e., viewed from the side). 

 If they do not represent picea, Oliv., they are an und escribed 

 species, but I should not be justified in giving them a new name, 

 as I could not specify any definite character to separate them 

 from j^J^ce(X. It is true that Olivier calls ^ncea " hemisphaerica," 

 but having regard to that author's use of the term for other 

 Paropses I do not think that it connotes more than that the 

 insect is somewhat circular in form and is convex absolutely (not 

 necessarily as compared with other Paropses, of which Olivier 

 apparently had only a few before him). 



According to Chapuis, P. Atropos, Stal, and blplaglata, Bohem., 

 are also synonyms of picea, Oliv. As regards Atropos the descrip- 

 tion is so insufficient that it is only with hesitation one can say 

 that it refers to either picea or iramaculata, and to decide which 

 of them it refers to is hopeless without inspection of the type; 

 but the point is not an important one, as both those names are 

 anterior to Atropos. Biplagiata is an easily recognisable insect 

 which in my opinion is rightly regarded as a variet}^ of immacu- 

 lata. 



P. Echo, sp.nov. 



^. Late ovata; sat convexa (e latere visa quam P. semipunctata, 

 Chp., paullo minus convexa); minus nitida; rufo-brunnea, 

 testaceo piceoque variegata; capite insequali, subtilius crebre 

 punctulato; an tennis quam corporis dimidium sat brevioribus; 

 prothorace quam longiori ut 7 ad 3 latiori, antice crebre 



