NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 203 



acute; surface more or less strongly and rather closely punc- 

 tured (in some specimens finely punctate) at the disk, sides 

 nearly impunctate. Scutellum rather broad, impunctate. Elytra 

 not wider at the base than the thorax, obsoletely depressed 

 below the former, strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, more 

 finely towards the apex. Femora without teeth, unicolorous or 

 dark piceous with a bluish gloss. 



Var. entirely black. 



Australia (Collect. Jacoby). New Guinea , Island of Yule 

 (L. M. D'Albertis). 



» The short and broadly ovate shape, the straight or almost 

 concave sides of the thorax in connection with the uniform 

 bluish black general colour, will easily distinguish the present 

 species from any of its allies. The shape of the thorax is quite 

 different from that of any described species. I find the present 

 one contained in M."^ Baly's collection under the name which I 

 have retained for it, but not being able to find any published 

 description I must conclude that it is a Manuscript name given 

 to it by the author mentioned. 



21. Rlxyparida nig-rosig'nata, n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate, subdepressed , fulvous; episteme separated from 

 the face. Thorax finely punctured, with a spot and a longitu- 

 dinal band at each side, black. Elytra distinctly punctate-striate 

 anteriorly only, the suturai and lateral margin anteriorly, a 

 spot at the base joined to a longitudinal stripe, abbreviated be- 

 hind , black. Anterior femora dilated into a broad triangular 

 tooth. 



Length 1 Y^ line. 



Head scarcely visibly punctured, face narrowed between the 

 eyes, the latter very large, inner margin deeply sinuate; epi- 

 steme broader than long , distinctly separated , its anterior mar- 

 gin nearly straight, surface impunctate, labrum fulvous, jaws 

 piceous. Thorax transverse, the sides regularly rounded, all 

 the angles produced into a short but distinct tooth, anterior por- 



