﻿118 . .. THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



punctured and somewhat rugose ; margins of the abdominal segments 

 fulvous ; tarsi piceous. Length, If line. 



Head distinctly and closely punctured ; antennae black, the basal two 

 joints fulvous below, the third joint longer than the fourth and second joint, 

 the terminal ones strongly thickened ; thorax transverse, twice as broad as 

 long, the sides nearly straight, the surface finely but rather closely punctured 

 with an obscure central smooth narrow ridge ; scutellum black, impunctate ; 

 elytra with deeply punctured striae, which are occasionally doubled and 

 distinct to the apex, the interstices very slightly raised, finely punctured, and at 

 the sides slightly rugose ; under side of a more dark greenish-aeneous colour, 

 with the extreme margins of the abdominal segments fulvous ; tarsi piceous. 



This species, although closely allied to several others, 

 described by Motschulsky, seems to differ in the close punctua- 

 tion of the thorax, the sculpture of the elytra, and the colour of 

 the under side. 



Paropsides maculicollis, n. sp. (PL I., fig. 10.) 



Fulvous ; head black in front ; thorax very closely punctured, the base, 

 lateral margins, and a central stripe, black ; scutellum black ; elytra semi- 

 regularly punctured, the lateral and sutural margins, a transverse band near 

 the middle, another below the latter, and a longitudinal stripe at the shoulder, 

 black. Length, 3| — 4 lines. 



Head very finely and closely punctured, black, the base with a fulvous 

 spot ; antennae fulvous, not extending beyond the thorax ; thorax three 

 times broader than long, very finely and closely punctured, the sides with a 

 small fovea, the disc fulvous, the sides broadly, and a narrow central 

 longitudinal stripe black, the base with another black, medially widened 

 transverse band; elytra with numerous rows of strong punctures, the 

 interstices nearly as strongly punctured, the disc fulvous, the sutural and 

 lateral margins narrowly black, a similarly coloured transverse band is 

 placed near the middle, extending across the suture, where it is greatly 

 widened; this band is joined by a longitudinal black stripe, extending from 

 the shoulder downwards; another transverse narrow band, triangularly 

 widened at its middle, extends across the disc below the middle ; prosternum 

 raised and truncate in front ; breast and legs sometimes fulvous. 



This species closely resembles P. 12-maculata, Gebl., but is, 

 I think, quite distinct, since the differences are constant in more 

 than the fifty specimens which are contained in this collection ; 

 the colour of the thorax is different from that of the allied 

 species, the pattern of the elytra partly resembles it, but the 

 third transverse apical stripe in P. 12-maculata is absent in the 

 present insect, the punctuation of the elytra is distinctly stronger, 

 and the larger punctures are more regularly placed in rows. 



Paropsides (Phytodecta) nigro-sparsus, Fairm. 

 The description given hy M. Fairmaire of this species surely 

 proves that it cannot belong to the genus Paropsides; the 

 triangularly dilated tibiae and shape of the prosternum doubtless 

 belong to Phytodecta, and Fairmaire's species seems to be 

 identical with Phytodecta lS-maculata, Jac, described in the 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1888, also from China ; the only difference I 

 can see is the absence of the lateral spots of the thorax in 

 Fairmaire's species, and its somewhat larger size- 



(To be continued.) 



