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Length IJ line. 



Of parallel, narrowly elongate .shape, the head opn(iue, entirely imimnctate, 

 clypeus not separated from the face, forming one plane surface, impunctate, eyes 

 with a narrow but deep sulcus above, antennae extending beyond the middle of 

 the elytra, the third and fourth joints very elongate ; thorax twice as broad as 

 long, the sides rounded, not much narrowed in front, the surface opaque, entirely 

 impunctate, elytra not wider at the base than the thorax, strongly punctate-striate, 

 the punctures getting as usually finer towards the apex ; legs elongate, the 

 posterior femora extending slightly beyond the elytra in the male, armed with a 

 minute tooth, abdomen in the same sex deeply longitudinally concave through 

 its entire length, the anterior margin of the first segment produced into a 

 rounded lobe between the thighs. 



Hab. Andai (New Guinea). 



The entirely imimnctate head and thorax, the narrow elongate shape, and 

 long femora, as well as the curious structure of the abdomen in the 'itioXe, 

 distinguisli this species. 



Rhyparida pictipennis >i'. nov. 



Fulvous, clypeus separated, head and thorax impunctate, opaque, the latter 

 with some piceous spots, elytra strongly punctate-striate, opaque, the interstices 

 marked with irregular lilack longitudinal stripes, underside and the femoi-a ."[lotted 

 with black, the latter unarmed. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head opaque, impunctate, clypeus distinctly sejjarated by a dee[i sinuate 

 transverse gi-oove, rather broader than long, with a few strong punctures, iial|)i 

 long and slender, antennae long, fourth joint much longer than the third, 

 following joints more or less stained with fuscous; thorax nearly three times 

 broader than long, the sides strongly rounded, slightly narrowed in front, all the 

 angles tuberculat<>, the surface opaque, entirely impunctate, fuhous, the sides with 

 a small black spot, the disc with a double W-shaped mark ; scutellum about as 

 broad as long ; elytra with a slight dejiression below the base, strongly punctate- 

 striate, the punctures indistinct only at the extreme apex, ojiaque, fulvous, the 

 interstices marked with black, longitudinal bands of different length not extending 

 to the base or apex, the sides of the breast, the base of the last abdominal 

 segment and the coxae more or less marked with black. 



Hah. Humboldt Kay (New Guinea). 



The elytral markings of this species vary greatly, and form in some si)ecimens 

 more or less confluent patches, but in no instance do they extend to the base 

 and apex ; the W-shaped double mark of the thorax is also sometimes reduced 

 to spots oidy. 



Rhyparida nodostomoides sp. nov. 



Testaceous, shining, clypeus not separated, head impunctate, thorax with a few- 

 punctures, the sides angulate below the middle, elytra strongly punctate-striate with 

 a shallow basal depression, femora unarmed. 



l-engtli \\ line. 



Head rather oon\ex, entirely imimnctate, tlie clypeus not separated, antennae 

 fulvous, extending beyond the middle of the elytra, the third joint shorter thau the 

 fourth; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides with a narrow margin, distinctly 



