Phi/tophaga Malayana. 177 



non excavatis ; striis integris, sulcatis, sat fortiter punctatis ; 

 interspatiis convexiusculis ; femoribus muticis. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey), 



Head granulose, coarsely punctured ; front impressed with the 

 usual longitudinal groove, which runs upwards nearly to the 

 vertex ; epistome broader than long, not separated from the front, 

 the apical sutures being obsolete ; sides slightly rounded, and 

 converging backwards ; anterior border very slightly concave- 

 emarginate ; labrum and base of jaws fulvous, apical half of 

 the latter black ; eyes large ; lower half of antennae pale ful- 

 vous, outer half fuscous. Thorax rather more than twice as 

 broad , as long; sides rounded, obliquely converging from the 

 middle to the apex ; all the angles obsoletely tuberculate ; surface 

 minutely granulose, coarsely and somewhat closely punctured. 

 Scutellum obscure fulvous, scarcely longer than broad, its apex 

 subacute. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, similar in 

 form and punctuation to /?. purpurea (ante, p. 174). 



The single specimen from which the above description is 

 drawn up is immature, and the coloration may differ some- 

 what in a fully-developed individual; the broad epistome and 

 coarsely punctured thorax will, however, always separate it from 

 its allies. 



22. Rhyparida cupreala, n. sp. 

 Elongata, convexa, nigro-picea, nitida, supra cuprea ; tarsis 

 pallidis ; antennis nigris, basi fulvis; thorace elytrorum lati- 

 tudini fere aequali, subcrebre punctato ; elytris infra basin 

 non excavatis; striis integris, sulcatis, fortiter punctatis; in- 

 terspatiis convexiusculis ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Southern part of New Guinea. 



Head coarsely punctured, vertex swollen ; epistome scarcely 

 broader than long, pentagonal, separated from the front, the 

 apical sutures being entire ; apical angle acute, produced upwards 

 on the front into a deep longitudinal groove ; sides straight and 

 parallel, middle of anterior border moderately concave-emarginate; 

 surface rather more coarsely punctured than the front ; labrum 

 and four lower joints of antennas fulvous ; jaws black. Thorax 

 scarcely more than twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, and 

 converging from base to apex, very slightly sinuate just be- 

 hind the middle, all the angles thickened ; transversely convex 



