172 Phytnphagct Malay ana. 



In the peculiar form of the epistome this remarkable species 

 stands alone. 



14. Rhyparida fulriceps, Baly. 

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



Oblonga, convexa, nigro-picea, nilida ; capite thoracisque mar- 

 ginibiis antico et basali fulvis ; antennis (basi fidva exceptii) 

 fiiscis ; thorace distincte punctato ; elytris thorace multo 

 latioribus, infra basin late transversim excavatis ; striis sat 

 fortiter punctatis, integris, piinctis apicem versus minus 

 fortiter impressis, interspatiis planis ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 1 J lin. 

 Hab. Tondano. 



Head remotely punctured ; epistome not separated from the 

 front, the apical sutures being entirely obsolete, lateral sutures indis- 

 tinct, straight and parallel, anterior border slightly concave-emar- 

 ginate ; jaws nigro-piceous ; anteiuice nigro-piceous, three or 

 four lower joints pale fulvous. Thorax nearly twice as broad as 

 long, sides rounded, obliquely converging from a short distance 

 before the base to the apex ; upper surface strongly and trans- 

 versely convex, deeply but not coarsely punctured. Elytra much 

 broader than the thorax, parallel, broadly but feebly excavated 

 below the basilar space, longitudinally impressed within the 

 humeral callus, the latter subprominent ; surface strongly and 

 coarsely punctured, the striae entire, much less strongly and more 

 finely punctured towards the apex ; interspaces plane. 



15. Rhyparida femoratdy Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 11. 



Subelongata, convexa, parallela, subtus piceo-violacea, metal- 

 lico vix micans ; femoribus iiiermibus, obscure rufis; antennis 

 fuscis, basi fulvis; capite thoraceque caeruleo-aeneis, hoc 

 subremote tenuiter punctato ; elytris thorace vix latioribus, 

 cupreis, intra callum humerale distincte, infra basin obso- 

 lete impressis ; siriis integi is, ante medium fortiter, ad apicem 

 tenuissime impressis; interspatiis planis. 



Long. 3g lin. 



Hab. Northern part of New Guinea. 



Head finely granidose, rather deeply punctured, lower portion 

 of the front impressed with a deep longitudinal groove, which runs 

 upwards from the apex of the epistome ; the latter distinctly 



