Mr. J.S, Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 309 
obtuse, obsoletely reflexed ; apex broadly rounded ; upper surface very 
convex, the highest point being about the middle of the body; im- 
pressed (but less closely than in the last species) with deep piceous 
punctures; interstices nearly plain or but slightly raised on the inner 
disk in front, verrucose on the sides and behind, the wart-like elevations 
often flavous; on the disk are several large but indistinct black patches, 
formed in the same manner as in P. carnosa. Lateral margin broadly 
dilated. 
This species approaches in form, both of body and thorax, to 
P. obsoleta; but it may at once be known from that species by 
the closer punctation of the elytra and the different form of the 
aedeagus. 
Also collected by Mr. Angas. 
Paropsis obsoleta, Oliv. 
Paropsis obsoleta, Oliv. Entom. vy. p. 600, pl. 1. fig. 5 (1807). 
Notoclea obsoleta, Marsh. Linn. Trans. ix. p. 288 (1808). 
P. subrotundata, valde convexa, flava, subnitida; antennis (basi excepta) 
nigro-fuscis ; thorace lateribus modice bisinuatis, disco tenuiter punc- 
tato, ad latera excavato, varioloso ; elytris profunde subremote nigro 
aut piceo punctatis, interstitiis ad latera et apicem versus elevatis, sub- 
verrucosis, obsolete fusco maculatis, maculis in series transversas dis- 
positis. 
Var. A. Elytrorum maculis obsoletis. 
Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, apice 
late truncato: edeagus basi sat abrupte curvatus, apice ovato-angulatus, 
apice ipso dente brevi subacuto vix recurvato armato.—Long. 33-45 lin. 
Hab. Adelaide, Sydney. 
Head somewhat closely punctured ; epistome separated from the face 
by an angular groove, which sends a short grooved line from its apex 
upwards on the face ; antenne nigro-fuscous or black, fulvous at their 
base. Thorax considerably more than twice as broad as long; sides 
broadly rounded, moderately bisinuate ; disk very finely but not closely 
punctured, sides slightly excavated, variolose. Elytra scarcely longer 
than broad; shoulders nearly rectangular, their apex very broadly 
rounded, sides very slightly rounded, apex broadly rounded; above 
very convex, deeply but subremotely impressed with black or piceous 
punctures, interstices thickened near the apex and also on the sides, 
subverrucose ; lateral margin broadly dilated, an irregular space along 
the anterior two-thirds of its inner border smooth and impunctate ; 
disk of each elytron stained with a number (about ten) of indistinct 
black spots; these, which are arranged in three transverse bands, are 
merely the faint traces (seen through the substance of the elytron) of 
black spots placed on the under surface of the latter. Prosternum 
broadly and deeply sulcate ; surface of the sulcation rugose. 
