212 MARTIN JACOBY 



lengtli of the body, sliglitly and gradually tliickenod at the ter- 

 minal joints, black, four basal joints testaceous. Thorax scar- 

 cely twice as broad as long, narrowed anteriorly and greatly 

 deilexed at the same place, surface impressed here and there 

 with a few very minute punctures. Elytra very obsoletely de- 

 pressed below the base , the striae very distinct but becoming 

 obsolete towards the apex. Legs entirely pale fulvous; posterior 

 femora very minutely toothed. 



New Guinea, Katau, June (0. Beccari). 



Amongst the small species, the present one may be distin- 

 guished by its dark greenish upper surface , the pale fulvous 

 legs and the almost impunctate thorax, 



32. Rlxyparida. viridipennis, n. sp. 



Blackish green below; above dark metallic green. Labrum 

 and base of antennae, fulvous. Thorax deeply and very re- 

 motely punctured. Elytra very strongly punctured, obsoletely 

 near the apex. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head narrowed between the eyes, the latter very large and 

 prominent; vertex scarcely visibly punctured, with a deep lon- 

 gitudinal fovea between the eyes; episteme longer than broad, 

 very distinctly separated from the face, finely and rather re- 

 motely punctured , its anterior margin concave-emarginate ; la- 

 brum fulvous. Antennae half the length of the body, piceous, 

 the first three joints fulvous. Thorax twice as broad as long , 

 narrowed in front, the sides very moderately rounded, all the 

 angles acute and pointed, surface shining, metallic green im- 

 pressed with a few deep punctures, irregularly placed. Scu- 

 tellum as broad as long, impunctate. Elytra convex, scarcely 

 visibly depressed below the base , very strongly punctate-striate 

 anteriorly , the punctures becoming entirely obsolete towards or 

 below the middle, the interstices impunctate but slightly convex 

 towards the sides and apex. 



New Guinea, Fly River, Ramoi (L. M. D'Albertis). 



