HORN EXPEDITION—COLEOPTERA. 
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apicem versus paullo infuscatis ; capite lato pequali, sat crebro sat fortiter (fere ut 
C. vittatce, Baly) punctulato ; protliorace quani lon^iori plus quarn duplo latiori, 
autice leviter angustato, crebre sat fortiter (latei-a versus paullo niagis grnsse) 
punctulato (quain C. coloratiB^ Germ, paullo magis crebre minus fortiter), lateribus 
parum arcuatis ; elytris crebro vix seriatim (fere ut prothoracis discus) punctulatis ; 
unguiculis ad basin minus distincte dentatis. Long. 3 1. Lat. H 1. 
The tooth at the base of the claws is extremely feeble and obtuse. This 
species is an exceptionally parallel and elongate one, not very closely allied 
to any previously-described member of the genus. Perhaps its nearest ally is 
C. IVaferhflusei, Baly, which seems from the description to resemble it in shape 
and coloration, but is described as having five or six obscurely-elevated vitta^ on 
the elytra ; of these I find no trace in the present insect. 
Palm Creek. 
PAROPSIS. 
P. deserti^ sp. nov., fern. (2). Sat late ovalis ; sat convexa; sat nitida; pallide 
testacea, elytris (prsesertim margines versus) nonnihil aurantiacis, et in punctis plus 
minusve infuscatis; capite prothoraceque sat crebre minus subtiliter punctulatis, 
puncturis subtillissimis intermixtis; hoc ad latera sat crasse ruguloso, quam 
longiori paullo plus quam duplo latiori, antice sinuatim sat fortiter emarginato, 
postice bisinuato, lateribus sat arcuatis sat fortiter bisinuatis, angulis anticis 
mucronatis posticis ferenullis ; elytris quam longioribus paullo latioribus, subtilius 
crebre (fere ut P. glaticce, Blackb.) punctulatis, interstitiis laevibus leviter rugulosis 
(prajsertim apicem versus), angulis humeralibus (a latere visis) deorsum sat fortiter 
angulatim productis; prosterni pai te mediana minus lata, longitudinaliter sulcata. 
Long. 4 1. Lat. 311. 
This species appertains to Dr. Chapuis’ Groupe I. of Paropsis, which I revised 
in Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., 1894, pp. 220, etc. In the tabulation furnished in that 
memoir its place is along with roseola, Baly, glauca, Blackb., and yilgar)ie7isis, 
Blackb., on account of its presenting the following characters in combination : 
prothorax with sides bisinuate and front angles mucronate, prosternum longitudi¬ 
nally concave, elytra devoid of a pattern consisting of raised coloured blotches and 
devoid of longitudinal series of wart-like inequalities, underside testaceous, elytra 
not strongly verrucose nor strongly ovate nor having dark transverse markings, 
puncturation of elytra close (as compared with that of P. obsoleta, Oliv.). From 
roseola it differs inter alia by the surface of its elytra except near the apex being 
almost smooth, the intervals between the punctures being scarcely at all raised 
