Mr. J. 8S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. — 305 
nonnullis parvis subelevatis levibus sparse ornatis ; subtus nigro-picea 
aut nigra, thoracis lateribus, elytrorum limbo, prosterno tibiisque (his 
apice excepto) flavo-fulvis. 
Var. A. Supra crocea, elytrorum maculis elevatis obsoletis. 
Var. B. Prosterno nigro. 
Var. C. Corpore subtus pallide piceo. 
Var. D. Corpore subtus ut in typo; pedibus luteis, fusco maculatis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, 
ovatus, apice truncato: @deagus abrupte curvatus, apice rotundatus, 
apice ipso dente brevissimo recurvato armato; subtus late membra- 
naceus.—Long. 5-G lin. 
Hab. Melbourne ; Tasmania. 
Head punctured ; face separated from the clypeus by a semiovate, 
distinctly impressed groove, its middle portion slightly angular and 
sending a longitudinal groove upwards on the face ; antennz slender, 
filiform, more than half the length of the body, black, two or three 
basal joints and several of the following beneath flavo-fulvous; apex 
of jaws black. Thorax three times as broad as long ; apex deeply and 
broadly excavated; sides deeply bisinuate, above transversely convex ; 
disk covered with distinct punctures irregularly congregated here and 
there over the surface, sides broadly excavated, concave, coarsely vario- 
lose-punctate, middle of excavated portion impressed with one or two 
deep fovex. Scutellum subtriangular, smooth, pale shining yellow. 
Elytra one-fifth longer than broad, very convex; shoulders obtusely 
angled, slightly reflexed, their apex obtuse; sides slightly sinuate just 
behind the anterior angles; above very convex, very obsoletely gibbose 
just before the middle, surface closely covered with deep, round, fus- 
cous punctures, interstices smooth and shining, thickened and sub- 
verrucose towards the apex of the elytron, dilated border rather less 
closely punctured, the interstices elevate-reticulate; each elytron with 
five or six smooth, indistinctly raised, small, pale yellow spots scattered 
over the disk; these patches, which are much smaller than those in 
P. marmorea and‘ other allied species, are arranged as follows, viz., 
one on the inner edge of the lateral border, near its middle, a second 
placed obliquely just within and below the humeral callus, a third just 
within the outer edge of the inner disk, immediately below its middle, 
and, more rarely, a fourth at the basal margin, close to the scutellum. 
All these spots, when present, occupy invariably the same positions on 
the surface: I have only seen one specimen in which the third was 
wanting, but one or more of the others are often absent; in addition 
are six or seven others (frequently obsolete), scattered at distant inter- 
vals over the surface of the disk. Beneath shining black; prosternum, 
the tibiee (their apex excepted), and the base of the thighs fulvous. 
Prosternum longitudinally grooved. 
In the cabinets of Messrs. Waterhouse and Bakewell as well as 
my own. 
