Mr. J. 8. Baly on the I'hytophug-a. 287 



front, anterior angles armed witli a short tooth ; above traus^•ersuly 

 convex, subremotely punctureel. Elytra broadly oblong, convex, disk 

 transversely excaAated below the basilar space ; each elytron impressed 

 with thirteen rows of punctures, distinct on the basal half of the sur- 

 face, nearly obsolete behind the middle, the iirst and twelfth rows 

 abbreviated posteriorly below the basilar space, the seventh, eighth, 

 ninth, tenth and eleventh anteriorly, the seventh, eighth, and eleventh 

 just below the humeral callus, the ninth and tenth a short distance in 

 fi'ont of the middle of the elytron ; interspaces smooth, impunctate. 

 Sternum, mesopleurte, coxte, and the hinder margin of the abdominal 

 rings obscure fulvous. 



Rhyparida grandis. 



R. subcuneiformis, valde convexa, nucea, nitida, subtus cum pedibus 

 obscurior; elytris punctato-striatis, striis ad marginem exteriorem 

 confusis ; femoribus posterioribus quatuor subtus spina brevi armatis. — 

 Long. 5| lin. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



Subcuneiform, very convex, shining nuceous. Head deeply buried in. 

 the thorax, distinctly punctured ; epistome somewhat wedge-shaped, 

 concavely emarginate in front; eyes slightly notched on their inner 

 edge ; antennjB more than two-thirds the length of the body, sub- 

 filiform. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long at the base, sides 

 narrowed from behind forwards, more quickly narrowed and slightly 

 rounded near the apex, all the angles prominent ; above transversely 

 convex, nearly semicircular in front, surface covered with distinct but 

 not crowded punctures, sides irregularly wrinkled. Scutellum semi- 

 ovate. Elytra much broader at their base than the thorax, gradually 

 narro-n-ing towards the apex, the latter subacute ; above very convex, 

 humeral callus prominent ; each elytron impressed with about thirteen 

 or fourteen rows of punctures, those near the outer margin confused ; 

 along the outer margin of each elytron is a deep sidcus, the disk on th<i 

 inner border of which is thickened and elevated ; basilar space on each 

 elytron bounded beneath by a shallow curved transverse depression. 

 Body beneath pitchy. 



Rhyparida pidchelJu. 



R. anguste oblonga, convexa, pallide testacea, nitida ; elytris obovatis, 

 basi truncatis, punctato-striatis, striis apicem versus fere deletis, cyaneisj 

 antennis gracilibus, filiformibus. — Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Dor}', New Guinea. Collected by Mr. Wallace. 



Narrowly oblong, convex, pale testaceous, nitidous; elytra bright 

 metallic blue. Head smooth, remotely pimctured, lower edge of face 

 angulato-emarginate ; epistome pentagonal, its anterior margin concave ; 

 surface concave, more coarsely punctured than the vertex ; apex of jaws 

 black ; antennae slender, equal in length to the body, seven terminal 

 joints more or less stained towards the apex with fuscous; eyes deeply 



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