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Hah, Humboldt Bay (New Guinea). 



The exceptional shape of the presternum in this species would justify the erection 

 of another genus for its reception, but all other structural characters agree so com- 

 [iletely with Khyparida that I have thought it best to retain the species for the 

 present in that genus; the female insect has a broader thorax, and the posterior 

 femora are much shorter than in the male, but the presternum agrees with that sex. 



Rhyparida longipes sp. nov. 



Dark fulvous, the apex of the femora and of the tibiae piceous, head finely 

 punctured, thorax trans\erse, minutely and remotely punctured, subopaque, elytra 

 strongly punctate-.striate anteriorly, more finely so posteriorly, anterior legs elongate, 

 their tibiae curved and dilated at the apex (c?). 



Length 2^ lines. 



Of rather elongate and posteriorly pointed shape, tlie vertex convex, finely and 

 sparingly punctured, divided from the clypeus by a bilobed transverse groove, clypeus 

 broader than long, rather concave with some deep punctures, its anterior margin but 

 slightly emarginate, antennae extending be>'ond the middle of the elytra, fulvous ; 

 thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded and gradually narrowed towards the 

 front, angles tuberculate, the surface sparingly and finely punctured on the disc, the 

 margins nearly imjiunctate ; scutellum not longer than broad; el^'tra with a slight 

 depression below the base, rather opaque, strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, the 

 punctures gradually finer towards the apex, interstices flat and impunctate ; legs 

 elongate, the posterior femora extending to the apex of the elytra, unarmed, anterior 

 femora thickened, their tibiae elongate, curved and dilated at the apex. 



Hab. Humboldt Bay (New Guinea). 



Allied to R. tibialis Baly, but of fulvous instead of piceous colour, the thorax much 

 more finely and sparingly punctured, the anterior legs in the male more elongate ; 

 from R. bnmnea Baly, which has also dilated tibiae, the present species differs in the 

 well-separated clypeus, the broader scutellum, and the feeble depres.sion of the elytra; 

 the dark colour of the apex of the femora and tibiae is sometimes nearly obsolete ; 

 female specimens have a much broader thorax and non-dilated legs. 



Nodostoma multicolor sp. no\. 



Broadly ovate, testaceous, the head greenish, thorax transverse, subangulate before 

 the middle, impunctate, with two piceous spots ; elytra finely punctate-striate, 

 flavous, the basal, sutural and lateral margins and a transverse band below the 

 middle, greenish aeneous. 



Length 1^ line. 



Of broadly rounded and convex shape, the head impunctate, testaceous, with a 

 metallic greenish tint at the vertex, the eyes surrounded with a distinct narrow 

 sulcus extending downwards to the base of the antennae, the clypeus not separated 

 from the face, labrum testaceous, antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 fulvous, the seven terminal joints gradually thickened ; thorax three times broader 

 than long, the sides angulate near the base, the surface nearly impunctate, a few fine 

 punctures only being visible with a strong lens here and there; the di.sc flavous, the 

 margins narrowly greenish black, the sides with an elongate short spot, placed at the 

 basal margin but intermpted anteriorly ; scutellum greenish aeneous ; elytra with n 

 deep depression below the base, the shoulders also bounded by a deep longitudinal 



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