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antennis, vertice postice, thoracis signaturis scutelloque nigris; elytris 
thorace multo latioribus, fortiter subcrebre nigro punctatis, interspatiis 
verrucosis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis anguste ovatus, apice 
truncato: @deagus modice elongatus, curvatus, ad apicem sublingue- 
formis, apice ipso deflexo.—Long. 6 lin. 
Hab. Sydney. Collected by Mr. Lowne. 
Head coarsely punctured between the eyes; epistome more closely 
but more finely punctured, separated from the face by a slightly curved 
line, the middle of which is obsoletely angled and sends a perpendicular 
groove upwards towards the vertex; antennz slender, filiform, rather 
more than half the length of the body, black, their basal joints pale 
fulvous. Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides nearly parallel, 
very obtusely rounded, their outer edge slightly irregular ; suddenly con- 
verging and sinuate in front, anterior angles mucronate ; upper surface 
strongly punctured, the punctures on the disk irregularly crowded; 
sides broadly excavated, deeply variolose-punctate. Scutellum smooth, 
shining black. Elytra much wider than the thorax, scarcely longer 
than broad; shoulders nearly rectangular, their apex rounded, sides 
sinuate behind the shoulders, apex obtusely rounded; upper surface 
impressed with deep black punctures, the interspaces, especially on the 
sides and apex, verrucose ; dilated margin somewhat reflexed, its surface 
irregularly produced and much more strongly verrucose than the disk. 
Very similar in form to P. variolosa; the much narrower thorax, 
black scutellum, and black markings on the thorax, together with 
the different form of the edeagus, will easily distinguish it from that 
species. 
Several specimens of this fine species are also in the Rev. H. 
Clark’s Collection. 
Paropsis Wilsone. 
P. late ovata, valde convexa, flavo-fulva, nitida, antennis extrorsum nigro- 
fuscis ; thorace lateribus obtuse rotundatis, antice sinuatis, apice obtuse 
mucronatis; disco distincte punctato, punctis hic illic congregatis, ad 
latera irregulariter excavato, varioloso ; elytris piceo punctatis, inter- 
stitiis levibus, fere planis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis elongato-ovatus, apice 
truncatus: @deagus curvatug, lateribus parallelis, apice obtuse rotun- 
dato, subito deflexo.—Long. 6 lin. 
Hab. Adelaide. ; 
Head distinctly punctured ; epistome separated from the face by an 
angular groove, from the apex of which a longitudinal grooved line runs 
upwards on the face; antenne filiform, about equal in length to half 
the body. Thorax three times as broad as long, sides obsoletely cre- 
nulate, obtusely rounded, narrowed and sinuate in front, very obtusely 
mucronate; upper surface punctured in a similar manner to that of 
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