184 PliyiopJiaga Malaj/ana. 



nearly equal to the body in length. Thorax equal in breadth to 

 the elytra, slightly broader in the $ ; sides rounded, converging 

 from the middle to the apex, apical angle obsolete, hinder angle 

 armed with a small obtuse tooth ; surface distinctly punctured. 

 Scutellum scarcely longer than bioad, semiovate. Elytra parallel, 

 very indistinctly excavated below the basilar space, distinctly 

 sulcate within the humeral callus ; striae entire, coarsely punc- 

 tured, the punctures less strongly impressed, although distinct, 

 towards the apex ; interspaces plane. The lower two-thirds of 

 the anterior tibiae flattened and dilated in the S • 



Near R. frontalis, but smaller and more parallel than that 

 species ; the S is easily separated by the broader, thorax and 

 dilated anterior tibiae. 



31. Rhyparida approximata, n. sp. 

 Oblonga, parallela, convexa, nigro-picea; femorihus basi fronte- 

 qne rufo-piceis ; antennis pallide fulvis, extrorsum fuscis ; 

 thorace elytronnn latitudini aequali, disco subremote te- 

 nuiter, ad latera magis fortiter subcrebre punctato ; elytris 

 parallelis, infra basin leviter excavatis ; striis integris, sat for- 

 titer punctatis, puiictis prope apicem minus fortiter impressis ; 

 interspatiis ante medium obsolete convexiusculis, apicem 

 versus planis ; femoribus subtus dente parvo armatis. 

 Long. 2J lin. 

 Hab. Mysol. 



Head very minutely pimctured, subopake ; epistome scarcely 

 broader than long, distinctly separated from the front, penta- 

 gonal, apical angle obtuse ; sides straight and nearly parallel ; 

 anterior border slightly concave-emarginate, angles of the notch 

 not produced, obtuse ; surface distinctly punctured, nigro-piceous ; 

 front and labrum rufo-piceous ; antennae pale fulvous, apex dark 

 fuscous. Thorax equal in breadth to the elytra ; sides rounded, 

 converging from the middle to the apex, apical angle obtuse, 

 nearly obsolete ; surface distinctly and somewhat closely punc- 

 tured on the sides, finely punctured on the disk. Scutellum as 

 broad as long, broadly semiovate. Elytra parallel, broadly and 

 very slightly excavated below the basilar space, strongly sulcate 

 within the humeral callus, the latter subprominent ; striae entire, 

 strongly punctured in front, sulcate, the interspaces obsoletely 

 convex, thickened and subcostate near the lateral border ; on the 

 hinder portion of the elytra the punctures, although distinct, are 

 much less strongly impressed, and the interspaces plane. 



