182 Phijto2)haga Mulayana. 



28. Rlujpnrida sordida, Baly. 

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



Late oblonga, convexa, piceo-nigra, nitida ; antennis piceo- 

 fulvis ; capita pedibusque pallide rufo-piteis ; tliorace sub- 

 foititer punctato ; interspatiis ad latera reticulato-strigosis ; 

 elytris thoracis basi vix latioribus, infra basin leviter exca- 

 vatis ; striis ante medium fortiter punctatis, interspatiis 

 convexiuscnlis ; striis pone medium tenuiter punctatis, prope 

 apicem fere deletis, interspatiis planis ; femoribus muticis. 

 Var. A. Pedibus piceo-nigris. 

 Long. 24-21 lin. 

 Hab. Batcliian, Ternate. 



Head granulosa, finely and distantly punctured ; epistome se- 

 parated from the front, broader than long, apical angle subacute, 

 postero-lateral angles rounded; sides straight and parallel ; middle 

 of the anterior border broadly concave-emarginate, angles of the 

 emargination slightly produced, subacute ; surface impressed 

 near the apex with a few deep punctures ; basal joints of antennae 

 paler than the rest; labrum rufo-fulvous, its anterior border 

 slightly notched ; jaws black. Thorax rather more than twice as 

 broad as long ; sides rounded, converging from behind the middle 

 to the apex ; anterior angles rounded, obsolete, hinder angles 

 thickened; surface coarsely and somewhat closely punctured; 

 interspaces on the sides thickened, closely reticulate-strigose ; 

 the middle of the anterior border rufo-piceous. Scutellum longer 

 than broad, semiovate. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, 

 similar in form and punctuation to R. frontalis, the only difference 

 being that the punctures in front are fewer and less deeply im- 

 pressed, the interspaces being at the same time flatter and less 

 convex ; apex of the elytra sometimes stained with rufo-piceous. 

 The broader epistome, more coarsely punctured thorax, and longer 

 scutellum, also serve to separate it from the above-named species. 



29. R/iyparida variabilis, n. sp. 



Late oblongo-ovata, convexa, piceo-fulva, nitida ; antennis 

 (basi fulva excepta) fuscis ; thorace elytrorum latitudini 

 sequali, tenuiter punctato ; elytris infra basin transversim 

 excavatis ; striis ante medium distincte impressis, pone me- 

 dium fere deletis; interspatiis planis; femoribus subtus 

 dente minuto armatis. 



Var. A. Elytris totis piceo-fulvis. 



