170 Phijtnphaga Malaijana. 



elytris thorace imiUo lalioribus, nigris, intra callum liuraerale 

 et infra basin leviter excavatis, striis sat fortiter punctatis, 

 postice perpariim minus fortiter impressis, interspatiis planis; 

 ftmoribus subtus dente parvo annatis. 

 Long. Ig —2 lin. 

 Hab. Menado, Tondano. 



Head distinctly but very distantly punctured ; epistome not se- 

 parated from the front, the apical sutures being entirely obsolete ; 

 sides straight and scarcely converging backwards, the whole 

 anterior margin very slightly and broadly angulate-emarginate, 

 surface more coarsely and closely punctured than the front; 

 antennae obscure fulvous; eyes large, prominent. Thorax half as 

 broad again as long, sides rounded, obliquely converging from 

 below the middle to the apex, hinder angles armed with an obtuse 

 tooth ; above transversely convex, almost subcylindrical in front, 

 strongly and somewhat closely punctured. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, parallel, convex, feebly imj)ressed below the 

 basilar space and within the humeral callus, the latter moderately 

 prominent ; surface strongly punctured, the striae entire, rather 

 less strongly punctured towards the apex ; interspaces plane. 



This insect, from its narrow thorax, has much the aspect of a 

 N odontoma. 



12. Rhypar'tda Pascoei, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 10. 

 Oblongo-ovata, convexn, pallide piceo-fulva, nitida ; antennis 

 (basi excepta) abdomineque piceis ; elytris nigris, infra basin 

 non excavatis, striis sulcatis, tenuiter punctatis, ad apicem 

 distinctis, interspatiis convexiusculis ; femoribus subtus dente 

 parvo armatis. 

 Var. A. Elytris nigris, utrisque vitta, fulvd latd sublaterali 

 postice ampliata ornatis. 



Rhyparida dorsata, Baly, Desc. New Gen. and Spec. 

 Phyt. p. 8. 

 Var. B. Corpore flavo, elytris piceis, ad latera obscure fulvis. 

 Var. C. Corpore nigro-piceo, femoribus (apice excepto) ely- 



trisqiie obscure fulvo-piceis. 

 Var. D. Corpore fulvo. 



RJujparida fulva, Baly, Desc. &c., p. 11. 

 Long. 2— 2| lin. 

 Hab. Macassar. 



Head subremotely punctured, the punctures more crowded on 

 the vertex j epistome much longer than broad, depressed at its 



