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medium nigro; thorax longitudinem latitudine triplo supe- 
rans, angulis anticis rotundato-obtusis et prominulis, posticis 
rotundatis, lateribus rotundatis et tenuiter marginatis, margine 
anteriore lat@ emarginato; ad medium carina obsoleta longi- 
tudinalis; punctatus et vermiculariter subrugosus, macula 
utrinque magna nigr& penitus quadrat& inter medium et 
marginem, et in his maculis rugis fortioribus et distinctis ; 
scutellum triangulare, punctatum ; elytra satis gibbosa, post 
medium paulum ampliata, marginibus extensis, apice vix 
rotundato sed paululum producto; fortiter et crebré punc- 
tata, punctis nigro-fuscis, apud humeros utrinque tuberculo 
unico paulum elevata, ad latera et ad medium vibicibus 
interruptis 2 vel 3 ornata, etiamque tuberculis vix crebris 
apud apicem sed juxta suturam post-mediam crebrioribus 
et seriebus 2 ordinatis; quoad colorem rufo-castanea, ma- 
culé fuscA magn indeterminaté ad scutellum, altera in 
tuberculum humerale, iterumque vitté subobsoleta rufo- 
fusca a humeris ad apicem continuata; corporis subtus pro- 
thorax flavus, metathorax rufo-flavus nigro-tinctus, abdo- 
men crebré punctatum, rufum; antenne rufo-flavee; pedes 
flavo-testacel. 
Long. corp. lin. 2¢; lat. lin. 24. 
P. nervosa may be distinguished by its strongly punctate elytra, 
which are marked by a single medial transverse raised band, and 
one or two others, smaller and more interrupted, nearer the apex ; 
the almost quadrate (not circular) markings of the thorax, and 
the rufo-flavous markings on the elytra, amply distinguish it from 
allied species. 
17. Paropsis verrucipennis. 
Late ovalis, gibbosa, verrucis et quasi vibicibus transversis 
ornata, rufo-castanea, nigro-maculata: caput crebré puncta- 
tum, rufo-castaneum, labro ad medium nigro-notato; thorax 
triplo longitudinem latitudine superans, angulis posticis ro- 
tundatis, anticis obtusis, lateribus rotundatis; crebré punc- 
tatus, punctis confusis ineequalibus ad latera magnis ; 
rufo-castaneus, utrinque ad latus macula circulari magna; 
scutellum subcordiforme, ad medium subdepressum, minute 
punctatum ; e/ytra gibbosa, infra scutellum rotundato-elevata, 
marginibus post medium paulum ampliatis, apice rotundato ; 
verrucis inequalibus post medium seriebus ordinatis tecta, 
