298 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 
Head finely but not very closely punctured; epistome separated from 
the face by a semiovate groove, the middle of which is slightly angular 
and sends a short groove upwards on the face; antenne slender, sub- 
filiform, nearly half the length of the body ; apex of jaws black. Thorax 
nearly three times as broad as long; apex broadly and deeply exca- 
vated ; sides rounded at the base, thence rotundate-angustate to their 
apex, anterior angles subacute; above transversely convex, finely but 
not very closely punctured ; sides irregularly excavated, slightly thick- 
ened at the extreme outer margin, coarsely punctured; in the centre of 
the excavated portion is a deep, round fovea. Scutellum semiovate. 
Elytra nearly one-fourth longer than broad; shoulders subrectangular, 
their apex rounded; sides slightly, apex regularly rounded; above 
convex, flattened along the suture ; surface covered with numerous fine 
but deeply impressed fuscous punctures, arranged in broad longitudinal 
rows; on the disk of each elytron there are five smooth impunctate 
interspaces, which extend from the base nearly to the apex of the 
elytron, the two outer being interrupted and less distinct at their base ; 
dilated border smooth and shining, its surface covered with large, 
deeply impressed, fuscous punctures. Body beneath shining nigro- 
piceous; head, sides of thorax, outer border of abdomen, and legs 
obscure fulvous. 
This species, of which I know only a single specimen (a female), 
can be readily separated by its flattened upper surface from any of 
the other species of the section with which it is at all likely to be 
confounded ; in shape it closely resembles the female of P. morio, 
Fab. 
Paropsis fulvo-guttata. 
P. ovata, valde convexa, obscure fulva, nitida; frontis maculis quatuor, 
thoracis maculis decem elytrisque nigris, his singulatim margine late- 
rali, vitta submarginali maculisque irregularibus in vittas interruptas 
novem dispositis fulvis; subtus nigra, nitida; capite, thorace, abdominis 
segmentorum margine pedibusque fulvis.—Long. 53-6 lin. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
Ovate, very convex, dark shining fulvous; four oblong patches on 
the head, two on the thorax, placed in two transverse rows, together 
with the elytra, black, with the lateral border, a submarginal stripe 
confluent at the base with the border itself, and also a second line 
« short distance below its middle, together with numerous large irre- 
gular spots, arranged in nine more or less interrupted longitudinal 
rows, dark fulvous. Head punctured; face separated from the clypeus 
by an indistinct grooved line, front longitudinally depressed ; apex of 
jaws and four patches on the upper surface of the head black, of these 
latter the first two, straight and nearly oblong, are placed between 
the eyes, the two others on the vertex are larger, oblique, and placed 
one on either side, externally to the former ; antenne very slender, fili- 
