304 Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 
lateribus profunde bisinuatis, disco evidenter subcrebre punctato, ad 
latera sat excavato, rude rugoso-punctato ; elytris profunde piceo punc- 
tatis, interstitiis elevatis, postice verrucosis, maculis nonnullis parvis 
subelevatis flavis ornatis ; prosterno minus angustato, bisulcato. 
Var. A. Elytris croceis, disci maculis concoloribus. 
Var. B. Minor, metasterno piceo. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, 
ovatus, apice truncato: @deagus abrupte curvatus, lateribus parallelis, 
apice obtuse rotundatus; apice ipso dente brevissimo obtuso vix re- 
curvato armato ; subtus medio longitudinaliter membranaceus.—Long. 
43-523 lin.; var. 33 lin. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
Very closely allied to P. marmorea, narrower, the female more regu- 
larly ovate, the elytra in that sex being rather more dilated behind, 
their shoulders being at the same time more deflexed and less promi- 
nent. Thorax punctured as in P. marmorea; surface of elytra covered 
with deep piceous punctures, those on the dilated margin are con- 
colorous with the general surface of the margin itself, from which 
cause it appears brighter and paler than the disk; on the surface of the 
latter are seen a number of small, slightly prominent, shining pale 
yellow spots, some of these rather larger are placed, one ‘just below 
and within the humeral callus, a second on the outer edge of the inner 
disk, immediately below its middle, and a third, rather smaller, just 
within and rather nearer the apex than the second, a fourth is also 
placed on the middle of the inner edge of the lateral margin, and a 
fifth on the basal margin close to the scutellum, the others, usually 
small and punctiform, and more distant than the similar spots in P. 
marmorea, are scattered over the surface. Prosternum rather broader 
than in the other allied species, its middle longitudinally elevated, 
causing the surface to appear bisulcate. 
It will be seen from the above description that this insect, from 
the position of the second flavous patch on the elytron, approaches 
P. lutea; it may be distinguished from that insect by its broader 
bisuleate prosternum and pale underside, also by the membranous 
portion on the underside of its edeagus being much narrower ; the 
position of the spot is also slightly different. 
The variety B, is also in the Rey. H. Clark’s cabinet. 
Paropsis lutea, Marsh. 
Notoclea lutea, Marsh. Linn. Trans. ix. p. 286, pl. 24. fig. 4. 
P. egrota, Boisd. ? Faune de l’Océanie, p. 563. 
P. late ovata, valde convexa, pallide flavo-fulva aut flava, nitida ; antennis 
(basi excepta) nigris; thorace lateribus profunde bis emarginatis, disco 
evidenter punctato, ad latera excavato, varioloso; elytris profunde sub- 
crebre piceo punctatis, interstitiis elevatis, postice verrucosis, pustulis 
