188 Phytophnga Malayana. 



medium minus fortiter punctatis, interspatiis fere planis ; 

 femoiibus muticis. 



Var. A. Thorace elytrisque totis nigro-piceis. 



Var. B. Corpora pallida piceo-tulvo. 



Long. '2.\~?>\ lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). Var. B, Mysol. 



Front smooth, nitidous, impunctate, its lower portion impressed 

 with a short longitudinal groove ; epistome scarcely longer than 

 broad, distinctly separated from the front, the apical angle very 

 obtuse; sides slightly rounded, nearly parallel; anterior border 

 deeply subangulate-emarginate, angles of the notch produced, 

 acute ; surface irregularly but not closely punctured; jaws black. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long ; sides rounded and converging 

 from base to apex, nearly parallel at the extreme base, all the 

 angles armed with an obtuse tooth; surface irregularly but not very 

 closely or coarsely punctured. Scutellum slightly broader at the 

 base than long, subtrigonate, the sides rounded. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, the sides being very slightly oval, subparallel, 

 distinctly excavated below the basilar space ; strise strongly im- 

 pressed in front, subsulcate, the interspaces slightly convex ; pos- 

 teriorly less deeply punctured, the interspaces nearly plane. 



Similar in form to R. inconstans {ante, p. 180) ; the elytra 

 less coarsely punctured ; the puncturing of the epistome coarser 

 and more distant. 



37. Rhyparida intermedia, n. sp. 



Anguste oblonga, parallela, convexa, pallide picea, nitida ; an- 

 tennis, basi exceptd, fuscis ; thorace elytrorum latitudini 

 aequali, nitido, tenuiter sed distincte punctato ; elytris infra 

 basin leviter excavatis ; striis integris, antice sulcatis, sat 

 fortiter punctatis, interspatiis convexiusculis ; punctis pone 

 medium minus fortiter impressis, apicem versus fere deletis, 

 interspatiis planis ; femoribus obscure fulvis, subtus deute 

 brevi armatis. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. VVaigiou. 



Front finely granulose, opake, impressed with the usual longi- 

 tudinal groove ; epistome distinctly separated from the front, 

 scarcely longer than broad, pentagonal, apical angle acute ; 

 sides straight and parallel ; anterior border broadly concave- 

 emarginate, angles of the notch scarcely produced, very obtuse ; 



