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apex, not distinctly separated from the front, the apical sutures 

 being almost entirely obsolete ; sides straight, obliquely converg- 

 ing from base to apex ; anterior border slightly concave-emar- 

 ginate ; surface punctured in a similar manner to the front; an- 

 tennae black, three lower joints pale fulvous; upper border of the 

 encarpae separated from the front by a deep groove, which ex- 

 tends obliquely upwards along the upper border of the eye. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad as long, sides rounded, obliquely 

 converging from behind the middle to the apex, all the angles 

 armed with an obtuse tooth ; surface distinctly impressed with 

 shallow punctures. Scutelhim nearly as broad as long, apex ob- 

 tuse angled. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, not exca- 

 vated below the basilar space, sulcate-striate, the striae very finely 

 punctured, entire ; interspaces convex, somewhat flatter towards 

 the apex ; apical border narrowly edged with piceous. Tiiighs 

 armed beneath with a small tooth. 



13. Rhyparlda lah'iata, n. sp. 

 Breviter oblonga, convexa, pallide picea, nitida ; capite tho- 

 raceque rufo-fulvis ; elytris cyaneis, thorace vix latioribus, 

 infra basin non transversim impressis, striis fortiter punctatis, 

 leviter sulcatis, ad apicem distinctis, interspatiis leviter con- 

 vexiusculis ; epistomate transverso, brevi, margine antico 

 late concavo-emarginato, medio in laminam brevem late 

 truncatam antrorsiim producto ; femoribus nigro-piceis, sub- 

 tus dente brevi armatis, anticis incrassatis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Northern part of New Guinea. 



Head large, very short, transverse ; front smooth, impunctate, 

 upperedgeof the encarpae separated from the front by a dee|) groove^ 

 which runs obliquely upwards along the upper border of the eye; 

 epistome very short, not distinguishable from the front, all the su- 

 tures being entirely obsolete, its anterior margin deeply and broadly 

 concave-emarginate, the middle third of the border produced ante- 

 riorly into a sliort broad truncate process or plate; labrum large, 

 broad, its anterior border obtusely notched; jaws black; antennae 

 black, three basal joints pale fulvous. Thorax nearly three times 

 as broad as long, sides regularly rounded, all the angles armed 

 with a small tubercle ; surface transversely convex, impunctate. 

 Elytra scarcely wider than the thorax, rather more than twice its 

 length, parallel, not impressed below the basilar space, strongly 

 punctured, the striae entire, sulcata in front, the interspaces slightly 

 convex. 



