294 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 
convex; humeral angles slightly produced laterally, their apex obtuse, 
sides deeply sinuate near their base in front; surface covered with deep, 
round, fuscous punctures, interspaces raised, thickened, more especially 
toward the apex, where they become subverrucose ; they are also covered 
with numerous irregular, obsoletely raised, bright-fulvous spots or 
patches, which are more crowded towards the apex of the elytron. 
Paropsis tasmanica. 
P. late ovata, valde convexa, supra obscure fulva, nitida, vertice corporeque 
subtus nigris, pedibus obscure fulvis, femoribus medio antennisque nigro- 
fuscis ; thorace lateribus obtusis, antice sinuatis, apice mucronatis ; dorso 
fortiter punctato, punctis disci irregulariter hic illic congregatis, ad latera 
excavato, profunde rugoso-punctato; elytris sat profunde piceo punc- 
tatis, interstitiis elevatis, verrucis irregularibus parvis fulvis seriatim 
dispositis instructis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis elongato-ovatus, apice 
truncato: @deagus modice curvatus, lateribus ad apicem angustatis, 
apice rotundato, deflexo.—Long. 6-7 lin. 
Hab. Tasmania. 
Head distinctly punctured; epistome separated from the face by an 
angular groove, from the apex of which a longitudinal grooved line 
runs upwards to the vertex; antennz slender, filiform, longer than 
half the body, their apical third nigro-fuscous. Thorax more than 
twice as broad as long, apex broadly and deeply excavated, sides 
obtusely rounded, converging and often sinuate in front, apex obtusely 
mucronate; upper surface on the disk deeply punctured, the punctures 
irregularly crowded, having patches here and there free from punc- 
turing, sides broadly excavated, rugose or variolose-punctate. Elytra 
broader than the thorax, slightly dilated posteriorly, their apex broadly 
rounded; shoulders nearly rectangular, their apex obliquely rounded ; 
sides sinuate immediately behind the shoulders; upper surface covered 
with round piceous punctures, the interstices thickened, subverrucose ; 
in addition, on each elytron are eight or more longitudinal rows of small, 
irregular, slightly raised, bright-fulvous, wart-like elevations, their sur- 
face smooth and impunctate ; lateral margin moderate, dilated, slightly 
reflexed, its surface deeply and irregularly punctured, interspaces 
thickened. 
The different form of the edeagus, the presence of the rows of 
tuberosities on the disk of the elytra, together with the black under- 
side, will serve to distinguish this species from P. variolosa. 
This insect is also in the collections of Messrs. Bakewell and 
Waterhouse. 
Paropsis Lownet. 
P. late ovata, valde convexa, pallide rufo-fulva, nitida, femoribus dorso, 
genibus, tibiis, tarsis apice, pectore (sterno excepto), abdominis basi, 
