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subtiliter sat crebre piuictulatis; hoc ad latera magis fortiter 

 punctulato, quam longiori fere ut 14 ad 5 latiori, a basi ad 

 apicem modice subarcuatim angustato, utrinqiie latera versus 

 impresso, angulis posticis obtusis; elytris sparsius sat sub- 

 tiliter (quain prothorax multo minus subtiliter) confuse 

 punctulatis. Long 4, lat. 3 lines (vix). 

 A species of very pallid "washed out" appearance. I know- 

 no other Paropsis in the least resembling it in colour and mark- 

 ings. The elytra are of a pale reddish-testaceous colour, bearing 

 numerous sharply defined (but owing to the pallor of the ground 

 colour not very conspicuous) round whitish spots which differ 

 much inter se in size. These are arranged as follows : — A row of 

 about 10 spots near the suture and a similar row near the lateral 

 margin; another somewhat similar row (but with only about 6 

 spots owing to a wide gap in front of the middle) about the middle 

 of the disc; a single large spot between the last-mentioned row 

 and the submarginal one. The lateral margin of the elytra is 

 very pale testaceous. The antennte are scarcely half as long as 

 the body. I have both sexes before me. The female scarcely 

 differs from the male externally except by the usual tarsal 

 distinction and its slightly more convex form. 

 N.8. Wales; Richmond River (Mr. Lea). 



P. Selene, sp.nov. 



9. Subcircularis; valde convexa (e latere visa quam P. Circe, 

 Stal, vix minus convexa); nitida; nigra, capite obscure rufo- 

 notato. prothorace rufo (hoc nigro-notato), elytris rufo- 

 notatis, antennarura basi rufa; capite leviter minus crebre 

 punctulato; prothorace quam longiori ut 13 ad o latiori, in 

 disco fere Isevi, ad latera subfortiter nee confluenter punc- 

 tulato, lateribus subrectis a basi ad apicem sat fortiter con- 

 vergentibus, angulis posticis obtusis; elytris in disco subti- 

 liter sparsius confuse (in parte laterali grosse) punctulatis. 

 Long. 4, lat. 34 lines. 

 The extremely strong contrast between the very coarse punc- 

 turation of the lateral margins and the very fine puncturation of 

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