201 MARTIN JACOBY 



tion rather strongly deflexeJ at tlie sides, upper surface some- 

 what closely Ijut finely punctured near the sides, fulvous, nar- 

 rowly margined with piceous , a small spot at each side as well 

 as a short longitudinal band, narrowed at its middle, black. 

 Scutellum ovate, fulvous. Elytra ))roader than the thorax, with 

 a distinct transverse depression below the base, moderately deeply 

 punctate-striate anteriorly , the punctuation entirely obsolete 

 (with the exception of the suturai striae) behind the middle, su- 

 turai and lateral margin anteriorly, a broad spot between the 

 scutellum and the shoulder and extending from the base to the 

 depression , black , an elongate stripe of the same colour extends 

 from the shoulder to below the middle, before the latter this 

 stripe is widened and joined to the other spot, below it, its 

 inner margin is deeply concave. Anterior femora dilated into a 

 broad triangular tooth, posterior ones with a small tooth. 



A single specimen from Sumatra, Kaju Tanam, August (0. 

 Beccari). 



Sufficient characters unite in the present species, which is a 

 true Rhyparida, to make it easily recognisable. 



22. I^li.ypa.x«ida, clypeata, n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate, light fulvous. Head and clypeus smooth, im- 

 punctate. Thorax finely and obsoletely puncture^. Elytra mo- 

 derately deeply punctate-striate, the punctuation obsolete near 

 the apex. Femora unarmed. 



Length 2-2 7-2 lines. 



Australia, Somerset (Cape York) (L. M. D'Albertis). 



From any other described species, the present one may be 

 at once distinguished by the entirely impunclate head and cly- 

 peus , which latter is not separated from the lace , but forms a 

 single piece with the head. The latter is also devoid of the 

 usual longitudinal groove in the male, while in the female 

 there is but a slight indication of it when the insect is viewed 

 sideways. The punctuation of the thorax is only visible under 

 a strong lens, the thorax itself being transverse and narrow 



