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aiigulate immediately below the middle, the anterior angles subtuberculiform, the 

 surface imimiu-tate, with the exception of a few strong jmnctures at the sides; elytra 

 scarcely wider at the base than the thorax, feebly depressed before the middle, the 

 pnnctures deep and rather distantly placed anteriorly, nearly obsolete below the 

 middle ; prosternum slightly concave, impimctate. 



Hah. Wandesi I. (New Guinea). 



The shape of the thorax in this species agrees with that of R. angulicollis Balv, 

 Imt in that insect the head and tliorax is coarsely punctured. 



Rhyparida adonarae sp. nov. 



Fulvous, opacjue, clypeus not separated from the face, head and thorax im- 

 puuctate, elytra strongly )imictate-striate, black, the base nan-owl}-, and (sometimes) 

 the apex, fulvous ; femora unarmed. 



Length 1 h line. 



Head entirely iuipuuctate, the clypeus not separated, impunctate, antennae 

 fulvous, thorax more tlian twice as broad as long, the sides rather strongly rounded 

 near the base, narrowed anteriorly, the anterior angles slightly thickened but not 

 produced into a tooth, surface entirely impunctate, opaijue, fulvous ; scutellum 

 broader than long, its apex rounded, fulvous; elytra not wider at the base than the 

 thorax, without basal depression, moderately strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, 

 more finely so towards the aj)ex, black, the basal margin, and (in one specimen) the 

 apex, fulvous. 



Hah. Island of Adonara. 



Distinct from R. sidclcollis Baly by the non-separated clypeus, the want of the 

 tlioracic depression and its impunctate surface, from R. picta Baly by the want of 

 the elytral depression, differently coloured elytra and their sculpture. R. dimidiati- 

 pennis Baly differs in the distinctly separated clypeus, the narrower thorax and the 

 colour of the elytra which are fulvous at their anterior half. 



Rhyparida andaiensis sp. nov. 



Testaceous, head impunctate, opaque, thorax strongly transverse, minutely and 

 subremotely punctured, elj-tra with basiil depression, punctured within the latter 

 only, rest of the surface nearly impunctate ; femora unarmed. 



Length 1^ to 1| line. 



Of rather short and broad shape, the vertex ojjaque, impunctate, with the usual 

 groove, clypeus distinctly separated from the face, scai-cely longer than broad, 

 distinctly but not closely punctured, antennae extending beyond the middle of the 

 elytra, fulvous, the terminal joints stained w-ith fuscous, third and following joints 

 equal ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides strongly narrowed towards 

 the apex, somewhat obliijue, rather abruptly rounded near the base, the surface 

 rather shining, finely and not closely punctured, the ])unctures of rather elongate 

 shape, the margins nearly impunctate ; elytra shining, the base raised and bounded 

 below by a depression, the interior of the latter with a few deep punctures and a 

 short row extending upwards in front of the shoulders, the rest of the surface nearly 

 entirely impunctate. 



Hah. Andai (New Guinea). 



This species has more the appearance of a Nodostoma from which the bifid claws 

 at once separate it ; R. parvula Baly seems closely allied, but has an impunctate 

 thorax .and toothed femora. 



