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Rhyparida rothschildi t-i). uo\ . 



EIntirely fuUous, head ami tliorax opaque, finely granulate, elytra shining, 

 distinctly i)unctate-striate anteriorly, the apex nearly inipunotate, femora unarmed. 



Length 1 to 1^ line. 



Head very finely gi-anulate, impunctate, with a .^hort central groove, epistome 

 separated from the face by a transver.se groo\e, broader than long, entirely 

 impunctate, its anterior edge deeply concave-emarginate, antennae two-thirds the 

 length of the lx)dy, slender, fulvous; thorax strongly transverse, the sides rounded, 

 widened towards the base, rather strongly narrowed in front, the surface verv 

 minutely granulate and finely punctured, only visible under a strong lens; elytra 

 not wider at the base than the thorax with a slight depression below the base, 

 the anterior portion rather strongly punctured, the punctures entirely obsolete at 

 the apex, the interstices not sulcate. 



Hab. Halmaheira. 



Closely allied to R. opacicoUis Baly, but much smaller, and tne epistome 

 separated from the face, the elytra shining, not granulose, and the interstices not 

 sulcate; the unarmed femora di.4inguish this species from .several others similarly 

 coloured. 



Rhyparida balyi sj.. nov . 



Below piceous, above oliscure dark aeneous, ba>al joints of the antennae flavou>, 

 thorax transverse, rather strongly [lunctured, elytra without basal depression, 

 strongly punctate-striate ; legs fulvous or ijiceous, unarmed. 



Length 2 to 21 lines. 



Head closely and rather strongly punctured, opaque, the epistome separated 

 from the face bj' a distinct transverse gioove, subquadrate, the \ertex with a 

 central equally distinct groove, antennae scarcely extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, pale fulvous, the terminal joints fuscous ; thorax twice as broad as long, 

 the sides rounded, narrowed in front, the surface irregularly but rather strongly 

 and closely punctured; elytra not depressed below the base, strongly punctate- 

 striate, the interstices slightly costate at the sides. 



Hab. Tenimber (= Timor Laut). 



Much smaller than R. nigroaenea Baly, the elytral interstice.- not punctured. 



Rhyparida suturalis s]>. nov. 



Fulvous, head and thorax clo.<ely and strongly punctured, elytra strongly 

 punctate-striate, the sutural and lateral margins piceous. 



Length 1 line. 



Head strongly but remotely ininctured, the epistome not se]iarated from the 

 face, the lower eight joints of the antennae flavous (the rest broken off) ; thorax 

 scarcely twice as broad as long, the sides obsoletely angulate below the middle, 

 the surface closely impressed with deep oblong punctures; scutellum black; elytra 

 with a slight depression below the base, very <lecply punctate-striate, the apex 

 more finely jmnctured, the suture and the lateral margin piceous; sides of the 

 brea>t of the same colour; legs Havons, the posterior femora with a small tooth 

 claws bifid. 



Hab. Tenimber. A single s[iciiniHii. 



