302 Mr. J. 8S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 
elytris obscure rufo~ aut testaceo-fulvis, margine laterali pallidioribus 
subremote fusco punctatis ; plagis irregularibus, longitudinaliter intra 
marginem positis, aliisque disci, his magnis, quadratim digestis, macu- 
lisque parvis numerosis subelevatis leevibus flavis, ornatis ; interstitiis 
prope apicem subelevatis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, 
ovatus, apice truncato: @deagus abrupte curvatus, apice rotundatus, 
apice ipso dente brevi obtuso recurvato armato; subtus late mem- 
branaceus.—Long. 4 lin. 
Hab. Sydney. 
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; antennz longer than half the body, slender, 
filiform. Thorax considerably more than twice as broad as long, sides 
deeply bisinuate, anterior angles obtuse; disk finely but not closely 
punctured, sides excavated, variolose-punctate, impressed in the middle 
with an ill-defined, smooth fovea. Elytra not longer than broad, scarcely 
dilated behind, their apex broadly rounded ; disk subremotely impressed 
with deep fuscous punctures, interstices plane, slightly and irregularly 
thickened towards their apex; on the disk conjointly are placed four 
large, irregular, slightly raised, smooth, impunctate, bright yellow 
patches, which, standing out in strong relief from the dark ground of the 
disk, are arranged two on each elytron, as follows, viz.: one placed 
obliquely below and within the humeral callus (this spot most fre- 
quently divides into two or more smaller spots, and more rarely forms 
only asingle patch); the second is situated on the inner disk, just below 
its middle,—the four forming the corners of a square space on the 
back; an irregular row of similar patches, which gradually diminish in 
size posteriorly, is placed along the inner edge of the dilated border; a 
number of smaller spots are also scattered over the surface of the disk; 
rather larger and more crowded on the inner disk in front, they are 
much smaller and more distantly placed on the remainder of the sur- 
face ; lateral margin broadly dilated, indistinctly reflexed. Prosternum 
unisulcate. 
The smaller, more rotundate form, together with the large flavous 
patches on the elytra, will readily distinguish this species from any 
others with which it can be confounded. 
Paropsis marmorea, Olivier. 
Entom. v. p. 599, pl. 1. fig. 4. 
P. ovata, conyexa, obscure fulva, nitida, antennis (basi excepta) nigris; 
thorace lateribus valde bis emarginatis, disco irregulariter flavo macu- 
lato; elytris fortiter subcrebre fusco punctatis, interstitiis apicem versus 
eleyatis, maculis irregularibus levibus, subelevatis, verrucosis, flavis 
instructis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, 
