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Ternate (0. Beccari). 



Allied to R. sordida but separated by the fine and close 

 punctuation of the thorax, the broader scutellum and general 

 colour of the insect. 



13. Ffclxyparida melancliolica, n. sp. 



Broadly-ovate, convex, piceous. Head impunctate. Thorax shi- 

 ning, nearly black, sides strongly punctured. Elytra convex, 

 rather deeply punctate-striate. Femora unarmed. 



Length 2 ^j^ lines. 



Head impunctate, opaque, a narrow space in front of the 

 eyes, fulvous, inner border of the latter distinctly emarginate; 

 episteme broader than long, separated from the face, its an- 

 terior margin very slightly concave-emarginate , surface with a 

 few but distinct punctures. Labrum fulvous. Antennae less than 

 half the length of the body, fuscous, four or five lower joints, 

 testaceous. Thorax transverse , its sides very rounded and so- 

 mewhat dilated towards the middle, all the angles armed with 

 a short tooth, surface shining black, the disk with a very few 

 fine punctures, the sides very deeply but distantly punctate. 

 Scutellum not longer than broad , its apex rounded. Elytra scar- 

 cely visibly depressed below the base , their posterior part very 

 convex, surface moderately deeply punctate-striate, the punctua- 

 tion getting finer towards the apex , the interstices very shghtly 

 convex; their colour is a brownish piceous. 



New Guinea, Ramoi (0. Beccari). 



Separated by the colour of the head, the scarcely emarginate 

 episteme, the shining black thorax the disk of which is nearly 

 impunctate and the convex elytra. 



14. Rliypai*ida. toasalis, Baly. 



New Guinea, Andai (L. M. D'Albertis).' Australia, Somerset 

 (Cape York) (L. M. D'Albertis). 



The australian specimen ditiers from the New Guinea one 



