650 REVISIOX OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



Very distinct among its near allies by its entirely (the infuscate 

 prosternum excepted) pale castaneous under surface in combi- 

 nation with a coarsely punctured basal ventral segment and 

 widely explanate sides of prothorax. I have seen only a single 

 specimen, which is from Dr. Chapuis' collection, and is ticketed 

 "papulosa." P. papulosa, Er., however, is a much smaller and 

 very differently sculptured insect, while P. papulosa, Stal, is also 

 much smaller and very differently sculptured (especially in having 

 the whole of the elytra thickly studded with verrucas). I think 

 Dr. Chapuis was certainly mistaken in calling this species papulosa- 



Australia. 



P. RAUCIPENNIS, sp.nov. 



2- Late ovalis, -v'alde convexa, altitudine majori (a latere visa) 

 vix ante elytrorum marginem medium posita; minus nitida; 

 castanea, prothoracis maculis nonnullis elytrorum sutura 

 (verrucisque nonnullis) et corpore subtus (coxis abdominisque 

 apice exceptis) nigris, antennis (basi excepta) infuscatis; 

 capite crebre minus subtiliter punctulato ; prothorace quam 

 longiori multo plus quam duplo (fere ut 2|- ad 1) latiori, ab 

 apice paullo ultra medium dilatato, crebre minus subtiliter 

 (in disco paullo minus crebre, ad latera sat grosse) punctulato, 

 cetera ut prsecedentis [P. Chapuisi) ; scutello medio opaco 

 confertim punctulato; elytris crebre granulato-rugulosis (sicut 

 puncturte vix manifestpe sunt), pone basin vix distincte 

 impressis, cetei-a ut prajcedentis ; epipleuris et segmenti 

 basalis ventralis sculptura ut praecedentis. Long. 5, lat. 4i 

 lines. 

 Differs from the preceding (apart from colour) chief!}' by its 

 evidently more transverse prothorax and the very different sculp- 

 ture of its elytra, which are covered with rugulosity (chiefly 

 transverse wrinkles and confused granules) in such fashion that 

 the puncturation is very little noticeable except in the marginal 

 portion. Unfortunately I have seen only a female of this species 

 and a male of the preceding, but I have little doubt that the 

 female of the preceding is a markedly less convex insect than this 

 with the summit of the upper outline of the elytra (viewed from 



