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Variation llian is shown in the material before me, ihe sculp- 

 turing of tlie thorax cau also not always be relicd ou as 

 iu a Single speeimeu belouging to the variety. this part is 

 spariugly and finely puuctured, no trace of this being visible 

 in the eight otlier speeimens. 



Rhyparida coriacea sp. n. 



Piceous, the antenuae and legs fulvous, head linely 

 strigose throughout, thorax closely and more strough' punc- 

 tured. opaque, elytra dark fulvous very deeply and closely 

 liuuctate-striate. 



Length 2^1^ — 3 liues. 



Head opaque, brownish-pieeous, very fiueh' lougitudinally 

 strigose and punctured, the clypeus separated from the face 

 by a transverse groove, subquadrate, more strongly and less 

 closely punctured than the head, its anterior margin deeply 

 emargiuate at the middle, eyes ver}' large, labrum aud palpi 

 fulvous. auteunae extending beyoud the middle of the elytra, 

 fulvous, all the joints, with the exception of the shorter 

 second Joint, of nearly equal length, thorax twice as broad 

 as long; of equal width, the sides evenly rounded, the angles 

 not produeed, the surface very closely punctured at the sides, 

 more finely and remotely at the middle of the disc, piceous, 

 opaque, scutellum broad with a few fine punctures, elytra 

 without basal depression, fulvous, with closely approached 

 rows of deep punetures which get very tine near the apex, 

 the two rows below the Shoulders are abbreviated anteriorly 

 and posteriorly and of more irregulär shape, the interstioes 

 at the sides are also slightly costate, underside piceous, im- 

 punctate, legs robust, fulvous. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



Of this species I received two speeimens from Dr. Stau- 

 dinger, the opaque colour of the head and thorax aud their 

 sculpturing as well as the very deep elytral punctuation will 

 help to distingnish the species from its uumerous allies. 



Rhyparida depressa sp. u. 



Black, two spots on the head, the autennae aud the legs 

 partly fulvous, thorax flatteued, impuuctate, elytra finely 

 puuctate-striate, black, the sides and the apex more or less 

 flavous. 



Leugth 3 lines. 



Stett. entoinol. Zeit. 1S95. 



