Phytophaga 3Ialayana. 279 



dilatatis, intcgris ve! rarius emarginatis. Elytra confuse 

 punctata aut punctato-striata, limbo laterali plus minusve 

 dilatato. Pedes robusti ; tihiis apice oblique incisis, interdum 

 ante apicem angulato-dilatatis, pulvillis linea. glabra plus 

 minusve longitudinaliter divisis ; unguiculis unidentatis. 

 Prosternum elevatum. 



Mas. — Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulo basali plus minusve 

 dilatato, pulvillis integris. 



Fcem. — Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulo basali non di- 

 latato. 



A. Elytra irregularly punctured. 



1. Paropsis ioptera, n. sp. 



Rotundato-ovata, valde convexa, pallide fulva, nitida ; elytris 

 metallico-violaceis, disco pallidioribus ; antennis extrorsum 

 nigro-fuscis. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey), Mysol. 



Thorax three times as broad as long, sides rounded at the base, 

 thence obliquely converging to the apex; anterior angles rounded ; 

 surface finely and subremotely punctured on the disk, more 

 closely and coarsely punctured on the sides ; anterior portion of 

 the disk also closely punctured, but the puncturing equally fine 

 with that of the disk. Elytra broader than the thorax, sides 

 nearly parallel, slightly dilated backwards, apex broadly rounded; 

 surface more distinctly punctured than the thorax, punctures in- 

 distinctly arranged in irregular striae, lateral margin moderately 

 dilated, very slightly reflexed ; limb metallic, violaceous, disk 

 usually much paler, rufo-violaceous. 



B. Elytra regularly punctate-striate. 

 2. Paropsis nigripicta, n. sp. 



Late ovata, valde convexa, fulva, nitida ; thorace utrinque intra 

 latus leviter excavato, disco tenuiter ad lat^ra varioloso-punc- 

 tato ; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, fascia lata, basali, 

 macula magna rotundatd suturam includente, fasciaque com- 

 muni pone medium, extrorsum abbreviata, postice supra 

 suturam fere ad apicem extensa, nigris. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Aru Islands, New Guinea. 



Thorax nearly four times as broad as long, sides broadly 



