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PAROPSIS. 



F. gibhosa, sp, no v. Ovata ; in medio fortiter gibbosa ; rufa, 

 maculis albis elevatis numerosissimis ornatis ; crasse rugu- 

 lose sat crebre punctulata ; prothoracis lateribus leviter arcu- 

 atis apice sat mucronatis. Long., b^ 1. ; lat., 34 1. 



The gibbosity is so placed that (the insect being viewed from 

 the side) the highest point is slightly in front of the middle of 

 the elytra, but slightly behind the middle of the whole body, and 

 that the height of the insect at that point is greater than half the 

 length of the elytra. The colour is a decided red, with the an- 

 tennae-palpi and legs somewhat pallid, and the whole upper sur- 

 face marked with ivory-like yellowish-white, as follows : — The 

 labrum, six blotches on the head, the lateral and anterior margins 

 and a number of indeterminate blotches on the prothorax, the 

 scutellum, the anterior and lateral margins, and a great number 

 of small blotches on the elytra and the tarsi. The puncturaticn 

 of the whole upper surface is strong and rugulose ; it is coarsest 

 and least close on the elytra, closest and least coarse on the head. 

 The puncturation of the summit of the gibbosity on the elytra is, 

 however, sparse and not rugulose. The prothorax is twice and a 

 half again as wide as long , the puncturation of its disc is some- 

 what intermediate in character between that of the head and of 

 the elytra ; the puncturation of its sides is very coarse and 

 rugged. 



Compared with P. reticulata^ Marsh., apart from colour and the 

 gibbosity of the elytra, the present insect has the head and disc 

 of prothorax very much more strongly and closely punctured, the 

 latter having its front angles less conspicuously mucronate, its 

 sides much less strongly rounded, and its hind angles quite well 

 defined. The elytra are sculptured (leaving the whitish blotches 

 out of account) very much as those of P. reticulata, but are at 

 the sides a little more coarsely, and behind a little more closely 

 verrucose. The undersurface is scarcely different from that of 

 reticulata. The apical ventral segment of the female is sparingly 

 covered with fine, deep, and conspicuous punctures. 



This species belongs to Dr. Chapuis' First Group of Paropsis. 



Australia ; T am uncertain of the exact habitat. 



P. insularis, sp. nov. Subrotundata ; convexa ; fulvo-testacea, 

 antennis extrorsum et abdomine subinfuscatis ; prothorace 

 ad latera rotundato-dilatato, disco sparsi indistincte punctu- 

 lato, lateribus impressis sat crebre varioloso-punctulatis, 

 angulis anticis sub-mucronatis posticis plane rotundatis ; 

 elytris crebre profunde punctulatis, interspatiis fortiter 

 elevatis verrucosis. 



Maris tarsorum anticorum articulo P subtus ovali planato. 

 Long., 5 1. ; lat., 4 1. 



