Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 303 
ovatus, apice angulato-rotundatus, apice ipso dente obtuso brevissimo 
recurvato armato; subtus minus late membranaceus.—Long. 5 lin. 
Hub. Melbourne. 
Ovate, convex, obscure shining fulvous; antennee (their base excepted) 
black, deeply punctured. Head punctured, epistome separated from the 
face by an angular groove, either extremity of which curves suddenly 
downwards; antenne half the length of the body, slender, filiform, 
black, the three or four basal joints pale fulvous; apex of jaws also 
black. Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides nearly straight 
near the base, converging in front, bilobate, their outer edge being divided 
by two deep sinuosities, the first placed scarcely before the middle, the 
other near the anterior angle ; the angle itself is submucronate, its apex 
obtuse ; disk finely and subremotely punctured, sides broadly excavated, 
coarsely variolose-punctate, whole surface covered with irregular, pale 
yellow markings, which are sometimes obsolete. Scutellum subtrigonate, 
smooth and shining. Elytra nearly one-third longer than broad; humeral 
angles obtusely angled, their apex obtuse; sides slightly sinuate imme- 
diately behind the humeral angles; above very convex, surface covered 
with large, deeply impressed, round, fuscous spots, more crowded to- 
wards the apex, where the interstices become thickened and subver- 
rucose; scattered here and there over the whole surface of the elytra 
are numerous, small, irregular, indistinctly raised, bright yellow spots, 
their surface smooth, shining, and only impressed with a few fine punc- 
tures; these are more crowded and somewhat larger on the anterior 
two-thirds of the inner disk than elsewhere, four of them rather larger 
than the rest form the four corners of a square on the back; they are 
placed two on each elytron, the first obliquely just below and within 
the humeral callus, the other near the outer edge of the inner disk at 
some distance below its middle; there is also an irregular longitudinal 
row of similar patches placed along the anterior two-thirds of the inner 
edge of the lateral border; outer margin broadly dilated, scarcely re- 
flexed, punctured in a similar manner to the disk. Prosternum longi- 
tudinally sulcate. 
This insect is most nearly allied to P. geographica; the position 
of the four larger spots on the elytra, together with the narrower 
unisulcate prosternum in P. marmorea, as contrasted with the broader 
bisulcate prosternum in P. geographica, will separate the two species : 
from P. lutca it is readily separated by its smaller size, the less- 
crowded punctures and less-thickened interstices of its elytra, and the 
far more numerous and differently placed flavous spots; the thorax 
is also less closely and deeply punctured. 
Paropsis geographica. 
P. late ovata, g ; ovata, 2 ; valde convexa, pallide flavo-fulva aut late 
fulva, nitida; antennis (basi excepta) nigris, thorace fusco maculato, 
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