306 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 
Paropsis consimilis. 
P. late ovata, valde convexa, ante medium obsolete gibbosa, sordide flava 
aut fulva; antennis (basi preetermissa) nigro-fuscis, thorace lateribus 
profunde bis emarginatis, disco profundius subcrebre punctato, ad latera 
excayato, rugoso-varioloso ; elytris profunde suberebre piceo punctatis, 
interstitiis elevatis, postice verrucosis, pustulis nonnullis parvis sub- 
elevatis leevibus lete flavis sparse ornatis; subtus obscure fulva, piceo 
aut nigro variegata, femoribus seepe infuscatis. 
Var. A. Elytrorum maculis elevatis obsoletis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis sat dilatatus, irre- 
gulariter ovatus, apice truncato: edeagus ut in P. lutea formatus, sed 
subtus angustius membranaceus.—Long. 53-6 lin. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
Broadly ovate, very convex, slightly but distinctly gibbous just before 
the middle of the back. Head punctured, epistome separated from the 
face by an angular groove, from the middle of which a grooved line 
runs upwards on the face; antenne slender, filiform, two-thirds the 
length of the body. Thorax considerably more then twice as broad as 
long, sides deeply bisinuate; disk somewhat closely punctured, sides 
excavated, variolose-rugose. Elytra slightly broader than long, very 
slightly dilated posteriorly, their apex broadly rounded; shoulders ob- 
tusely angled, their apex obtuse; sides very slightly sinuate just below 
the anterior angles; above very convex, slightly gibbous before their 
middle, somewhat closely and deeply impressed with piceous punctures, 
interstices thickened, verrucose posteriorly : on the disk of each elytron 
are a few small, pale yellow, slightly raised patches, entirely similar to 
those on P. sparsa; they are arranged, however, somewhat differently, 
viz. one obliquely just within and below the humeral callus, a second, 
in the same line, placed between the inner and outer disks a short 
distance below their middle, and a third, somewhat smaller, subapical, 
placed on the middle of the inner disk: there is also occasionally to be 
seen an ill-defined patch or vitta on the inner edge of the lateral margin, 
near its middle; in addition are four or five minute spots scattered at 
distant intervals over the inner disk before its middle. Prosternum 
longitudinally grooved. 
This very distinct although closely allied species may be known 
from the preceding one by the distinct gibbosity of its elytra, the 
different arrangement of the spots (which are equally constant in 
relative position) on the surface, and also by the shght but constant 
difference in form and under surface of the edeagus; the thorax also 
in the present species is usually more closely and finely punctured. 
Paropsis propinqua. 
P. late ovata, valde convexa, subnitida, late fulva ; antennis (basi preeter- 
misa) fuscis; thorace spe fusco maculato, lateribus profunde bis emar- 
