Phytophaga Malayana. 165 



3. lihyparida pulchella, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. i. p. 287. 



Anguste oblonga, convexa, pallide testacea, nitida ; elytris 

 cyaneis, obovatis, basi truncatis, punctato-striatis, striis 

 apicem versus minus distinctis ; antennis gracilibus, filiformi- 

 bus. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey), Mysol. 



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

 metallic-blue. Head smooth, remotely pimctured ; epistome 

 ])entagonal, middle of the anterior margin deeply concave-emar- 

 ginate; surface concave, more coarsely punctured than the vertex ; 

 on the face, immediately above the apex of the epistome, is a 

 distinct fovea; apex of the jaws black ; antennae slender, equal in 

 length to the body, seven terminal joints more or less stained 

 towards the apex with fuscous ; eyes deeply emarginate on their 

 inner edge. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides rounded, con- 

 verging in front, anterior angles deflexed, all the angles produced 

 into a short -minute tooth; surface smooth, subremotely but finely 

 punctured on the disk, sides nearly impunctate. Scutellum semi- 

 ovate, obtuse. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, obovate, 

 being distinctly narrowed from the shoulders towards the apex, 

 the apex itself regularly rounded ; below the basilar space on each 

 elytron is a large indistinct shallow fovea, the surface of which is 

 slightly irregular; rows of punctures distinct, deeply impressed in 

 front, less distinct (with the exception of two or three near the 

 suture) on the apical portion of the surface ; interspaces plane. 



4. Rhypar'ida regularis, Baly. 

 Uesc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 9. 



Oblonga, convexa, pallide rufo-testacea, nitida; elytris oblongis, 

 infra basin non transversim de])ressis, regulariter punctato- 

 striatis, fusco-violaceis, limbo obscure violaceo; femoribus 

 inermibus. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Head finely and remotely punctured ; epistome separated from 

 the front by a very fine suiural groove, broader than long, pen- 

 tagonal, apical angle very obtuse ; anterior margin deeply con- 

 cave-emarginate ; face impressed immediately above its apex 



