664 REVISION OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS, 



rosea the present species differs inter alia )jy the greatest widtli 

 of its prothorax being at the middle, as well as by its very 

 different colour, while from P. iinpressa, Clip., it differs very 

 widely in form. The elytral verruca) have more or less tendency 

 to run together into transverse ridges, especially on the latei'al 

 declivity. 



Victoria; Alpine region. 



*P. ROSEA, sp.nov. 



5. Ovata, modice lata, altitudine majori (a latere visa) contra 

 elytrorum marginem medium (vel etiam magis retro) posita; 

 minus nitida; leete rosea, an tennis apicem versus et corpore 

 subtus plus minusve infuscatis ; capite crebre subfortiter 

 punctulato; prothorace quam longiori ut 2^ ad 1 latiori, ab 

 apice sat longe ultra medium dilatato, pone apicem trans- 

 versim vix perspicue impresso, minus ajquali, sat fortiter 

 sat crebre (ad latera crebre grosse) punctulato, lateribus 

 postice sat fortiter arcuatis late minus fortiter deplanatis, 

 angulis posticis nullis; scutello fere loevi, vel subtiliter 

 coriaceo ; elytris sub callum humeralem sat fortiter 

 depressis, pone basin transversim fortiter impressis, sat grosse 

 sat crebre subseriatim (postice minus grosse) punctulatis, 

 verrucis sat magnis ina?qualibus (his hie illic transversim 

 subconjunctis) sat numerosis confuse instructia, interstitiis 

 (prsesertim transversim) ina^qualiter rugulosis, parte mar- 

 ginali modice lata a disco (per sulculum paullo ante medium 

 anguste interruptum) bene divisa, calli humeralis margine 

 interno a sutura quam ab elytrorum margine laterali mani- 

 feste magis distanti ; segmento ventrali basali sparsius 

 subfortiter punctulato. Long. 3|, lat. 2| lines. 

 Notable for its (probal)ly constant) uniform bright rosy-red 

 colouring on the upper surface. The coarse uneven verruca? of 



• A male example received from Mr. Masters since this description was 

 written scarcely differs from the female except in respect of sexual 

 characters common to all species of Paropxii. A female sent bj' Mr. 

 Masters is somewhat larger than the type. 



