174 Ph?/tophaga Malaynna. 



and irregularly but not very closely punctured. Scutellum longer 

 than broad, minutely granulose. Elytra much broader than the 

 thorax, parallel, not excavated below the basilar space ; striae 

 strongly punctured, entire, the punctures rather less deep towards 

 the apex ; interspaces plane, very finely and somewhat distantly 

 punctured. 



R. mgrocenea is shorter and broader than the last species ; the 

 elytra are broader in relation to the thorax. 



17. RJiyparida purpurea, n. sp. 



Oblonga, convexa, nitida, rnetallico-purpurea, subtus nigra; 

 thorace elytrorum latitudini fere aequali, distincte sed minus 

 crebre punctato ; elytris infra basin vix excavatis, striis in- 

 tegris, antice sat profunde, postice minus fortiter punctatis ; 

 interspatiis praesertim ad apicem convexiusculis, ad latera 

 magis elevatis, convexis ; femoribus muticis. 



Var. A, Thorace viridi-melallico. 



Long. 2g lin. 



Hab. New Guinea, 



Head granulose, finely but distinctly punctured ; epistome en- 

 tirely separated from the front, the apical sutures deeply im- 

 pressed ; wedge-shaped, longer than broad, sides converging 

 backwards; anterior border slightly concave-emarginate ; sur- 

 face deeply but not closely punctured ; lower portion of front 

 impressed with a deep longitudinal groove, which runs upwards 

 from the apex of the epistome ; labrum fulvous ; jaws black ; 

 eyes small, short ; antenna? black, four lower joints fulvous, 

 third and fourth stained above with piceous. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long ; sides rounded and converging from base to 

 apex ; upper surface transversely convex, minutely granulose, im- 

 pressed with moderately large but shallow round punctures. Scu- 

 tellum semiovate, its apex obtusely angular. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, subparallel, very indistinctly excavated below the 

 basilar space ; striae entire, strongly punctured ; interspaces 

 slightly convex, thickened and more convex on the outer disk. 



18. Rhyparida fraternalis, n. sp. 



Oblonga, convexa, subtus piceo-nigra, supra saturate caerulea, 

 viridi-micans, nitida ; antennis nigris, basi fulvis ; thorace 

 sparse hie illic punctato ; elytris infra basin obsolete de- 

 pressis, intra callum humerale sulcatis, striis integris, sat 

 profunde punctatis, subsulcatis, pone medium tenuiter punc- 



