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differs in its more depressed body, the form of its prothorax, the 
relative length of the third antennary joint, and other characters. 
Criodule strigata. 
C. fulvo-brunnea, pubescens; elytris fortiter striato-punctatis, fusco- 
strigatis. 
Hab. Natal. 
Thinly pubescent, yellowish brown, with several longitudinal dark 
brown stripes on the elytra; head with a very scattered greyish pile; 
mandibles and eyes dark brown; prothorax rather closely punctured, 
the lateral tooth behind the middle ; scutellum rounded behind; elytra 
strongly striato-punctate, the third and fourth rows connected poste- 
riorly and not reaching the apex; body beneath and legs yellowish 
brown, with a scant greyish pile; antennz pale, the scape and tips of 
the rest of the joints darker. Length 21-3 lines. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. 
Fig. 1. Oriethus longicornis. Fig. 5. Gaz triangularis. 
» 2. Psebium brevipenne. » 6. Atybe Plantii. 
», 3. Opsies capra. » @. Phantasis heros. 
» 4. Phyllocnema mirifica. . 
XXIII.—Deseriptions of the Species belonging to the genus Paropsis. 
By Josrrn 8. Baty. 
Som years since I undertook, by arrangement with Dr. Gray, to make 
a Monographic Catalogue of the genus Paropsis, founded on the 
species existing in the Museum collection; for this purpose I ob- 
tained the loan of the fine collections belonging to Messrs. Bakewell, 
Waterhouse, and others, for the sake of comparison, and accumulated 
a mass of MS. materials for the work. The unlooked-for determi- 
nation of the Trustees to suspend the publication of their catalogues 
for an indefinite period has hitherto prevented the completion of my 
task in the form originally proposed. In despair of seeing the issue 
of the Museum Catalogues resumed within a reasonable time, I pur- 
pose in the present series of papers to draw up descriptions of all the 
species of the genus to be found in my own collection, not noticing (a 
few rare instances excepted) any that I do not myself possess. 
Genus PAropsis. 
Oliv. Entom. v. p. 597 (1807). 
Notoclea, Marsh, Linn. Trans, ix. p. 284 (1808). 
Corpus ovatum, oblongum aut rotundatum, valde convexum. Antenne 
filiformes aut subfiliformes, dimidio corporis plerumque longiores. 
