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either side ; in these examples the tubercles on the elytra are 

 scarcely noticeable being concolorous with the derm ; in other 

 examples there is a blackish shading a little within the lateral 

 and front margins of the prothorax and in some the tubercles on 

 the elytra are more or less infuscate appearing then as forming 

 more or less fragmentary parts of fairly distinct longitudinal rows. 



This species is a good deal like what I regard as P. siiblimbata, 

 Chp., but is markedly less convex than that insect (which is 

 among the most strongly convex of the genus) and has its 

 prothorax evidently more closely and rugulosely punctured, its 

 underside black instead of pale brown, the basal joint of the 

 dilated male tarsi much wider, and the sexual characters of the 

 apical ventral segment quite different. 



Victoria ; Alpine district ; found at high elevations. 



Paropsis regularis, sp.nov. 



Ovalis ; fortiter convexa ; supra minus nitida ; capite testaceo 

 postice nigro, rugulose minus crasse punctulato ; prothorace 

 testaceo maculis 2 permagnis (nonnullis exemplis conjunctis 

 et fere superficiem totam tegentibus) ornato, quam longiori 

 fere triplo latiori, margine antico profunde emarginato in 

 medio leviter convexo, lateribus fortiter rotundatis antice vix 

 sinuatis, latitudine majori pone medium posita, angulis 

 anticis acutis sat productis, posticis nullis, disco sat fortiter 

 ruguloso et crebre fortius punctulato, lateribus variolosis ; 

 scutello fusco, carinato, vix punctulato; elytris fusco-brunneis, 

 late testaceo-marginatis, fortiter sat regulariter seriatim- 

 punctulatis, tuberculorum nigrorum seriebus integris 9 ornatis, 

 callo humerali modico nigro nitido, angulo humerali fere 

 rotundato ; corpore subtus nigro nitido testaceo-notato sat 

 crebre sat fortiter (metasterno medio la?vi excepto) punctu- 

 lato ; prosterno in medio bicarinato sat lato, carinis antice 

 conniventibus ; pedibus palpisque' rufo-testaceis ; an tennis 

 piceis basi testaceis. 

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