BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 545 



type of a new genus eventually. The two very large tubercles on 

 the front part of the disc of its elytra and the curiously produced 

 shoulders render it extremely distinct from the previously described 

 Australian Eumolpidce. The produced shoulders and general form 

 give it a certain resemblance to some Hemiptera (e.g. jEchalia). 



N.S. Wales ; Richmond R. and Tweed R. districts ; sent to me 

 by A. S. Olliff, Esq. 



Paropsis yilgarnensis, sp.nov. 



Subquadrato-ovata ; convexa ; supra rubra ; capite, palpis, 



antennis, corpore subtus, pedibusque, brunneo-testaceis ; pro- 



thoracis lateribas profunde bis emarginatis, disco subtilius 



crebre punctulato puncturis minutis intermixtis, parte laterali 



variolosa; elytris fortiter sat crebre confuse punctulatis, 



postice crebre subverrucosis, puncturis suturam versus et 



latera versus fuscis vittas 2 latas vix perspicuas formantibus. 



^ tarsorum anteriorum 4 articulo basali sat dilatato, quam 3 U8 



angustiori. [Long. 4, lat. 3? lines. 



This species belongs to the first group of Paropsis. It is not 



unlike P. metadata, Marsh., in size and build. The puncturation 



of the head and prothorax is almost as in P. Waterhousei, Baly. 



The prothorax is not very much more than twice as wide as long, 



its shape being almost exactly as in P. maculata. The elytra are 



shaped as in P. maculata and are punctured almost like those of 



P. lutea, Marsh., except that the punctures are considerably less 



crowded near the scutellum. There are no distinct raised spots 



on the elytra, and the elytral punctures are concolorous with the 



derm except in two broad stripes, one near the suture, the other 



near the lateral margin, in which the punctures are darker. The 



prosternum is of moderate width and simply sulcate down the 



middle ; it is very similar to that of P. marmorea, Baly. 



The close evenly distributed puncturation of the prothorax in 

 combination with the strongly bisinuate sides of that segment will 

 distinguish this species, I think, from all its allies. 

 W. Australia ; Yilgarn. 



