308 Mr. J. 8S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 
either straight or sinuate, very obliquely converging to the apex, the 
latter usually submucronate; above somewhat closely punctured, sides 
broadly foveolate, indistinctly thickened within the lateral border, 
rugose-punctate. Elytra rather broader than long in the male, nearly 
equal in length to the breadth in the female, dilated posteriorly ; 
shoulders nearly rectangular, their extreme apex obtuse, sides obsoletely 
sinuate immediately below the shoulders, apex very broadly rounded ; 
upper surface very convex, the highest point being in front of the 
middle of the body, deeply impressed with dark piceous punctures, in- 
terstices strongly verrucose ; lateral margin broadly dilated; in some 
specimens the elytra are stained with indistinct fuscous patches, these 
are formed by the punctures on those portions of the surface being 
black instead of piceous. Prosternum broadly sulcate, surface of the 
sulcation rugose. 
The notch (placed on the middle of the sides of the thorax) is more 
regular than in most of its congeners. In P. consimilis and most 
of the other species, the notch is situated immediately in front of 
the middle, and more obliquely incised. In form P. carnosa ap- 
proaches very closely P. lutea; the elytra, however; are much more 
closely verrucose; the prosternum is also rather broader. The 
antennz in the present species vary much in colour: sometimes 
they are black, the base alone being fulvous; in other specimens 
they are entirely fulvous. 
This species has lately been sent over in some abundance by 
Messrs. Angas and Waterhouse. 
Paropsis roseola. 
P. subrotundata, 3; late ovata, 2 ; valde convexa, fulva, nitida, supra tes- 
taceo-fulva aut crocea; antennis fulvis, ad apicem leviter infuscatis ; 
thorace evidenter punctato, ad latera excavato-rugoso, lateribus modice 
bisinuatis ; elytris profunde piceo punctatis, interstitiis antice subele- 
vatis, postice et ad latera verrucosis, disco obsolete nigro maculato ; 
tarsis piceis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor dilatatis, apice truncatus: @deagus 
curvatus; apice obtuse rotundato, medio obsolete angulato, deflexo. 
—Long. 4 lin. 
Hab, Adelaide. 
Head distinctly punctured; epistome separated from the face by an 
angular groove, from the apex of which a longitudinal groove runs up- 
wards on the face ; apex of jaws and eyes black ; antennz pale fulvous, 
slightly stained at their apex with fuscous. Thorax three times as broad 
as long, sides moderately bisinuate; disk somewhat closely punctured, 
sides deeply excavated, rugose-variolose. Hlytra slightly broader than 
long in the male, about equal in length to the breadth in the female, 
scarcely dilated posteriorly ; shoulders rectangular, their extreme apex 
