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flavo-testaceze; pedes testacei; corpus subtus nigrum, ab- 
domine fuscato. 
Long. corp. lin. 14; lat. lin. 1. 
Notable by its minute size, its depressed form, and its black 
punctate-striate elytra. 
13. Paropsis nigropicta. 
Rotundato-ovalis, subtiliter punctata, rufo-sanguinea, nigro- 
maculata: caput punctatum, rufum, labro et basi (oculos ad 
latera amplectenti) nigris; thorax transversus, valde declivis, 
basi superne visi transversa, lateribus subrotundatis, angulis 
vix acutis, margine anteriori valde sinuato-emarginato ; 
punctatus, punctis ineequalibus minutis crebris, rufo- 
sanguineus, macula utrinque nigra circulari insulata magna 
ornatus; scutellum magnum, triangulare, lave, nigrum ; 
elytra rotundata, brevia, pone medium sub-ampliata, punctata, 
punctis confertis inzequalibus vix ordine dispositis, rufo- 
sanguinea nigro-maculata, maculis quatuor, 1* ante-laterali 
subtriangulari vel subcirculari plerumque insulata, 24 scu- 
tellari circulari magna margines basalem et suturalem 
attingenti et maculam rufam intra sese amplectenti, 3* post- 
media transvers& ineequali interdum in maculis duabus 
divisa, 4% apicali ad suturam etiamque ad marginem hemi- 
elytrorum extendenti; antenne rufe; corpus subtus nigrum, 
abdomine rufo-marginato; pedes rufi, femoribus nigro-ornatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 21; lat. lin. 13. 
The four examples before me vary but little from each other 
either in size or degree of coloration; the insect is quite distinct 
from other known species of the group. 
14, Paropsis incurva. 
Late ovalis, globosa, elytris transversé visis subgibbosis, 
fusco-rufa: caput antice utrinque transversé foveolatum, 
crebreé et leviter punctatum; thorax longitudinem latitudine 
triplo superans, angulis anticis breviter rotundatis, posticis 
late rotundatis, punctatus, punctis sat minatis et crebris, 
apud latera fortioribus; scutellum triangulare, levissime 
punctatum ; elytra lata, globosa, marginibus paulum ampli- 
atis, striato-punctata, punctis brevibus inzequalibus, inzequa- 
liter subordinatis, interdum etiam confusis interdum obso- 
letis, ad margines paulum majoribus et rarius distributis, 
