192 Phytoj)haga Malay ana. 



dilated. Scutellum as broad as long, subtrigonate, sides towards 

 the apex rounded. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, parallel, slightly excavated below the basilar space; striae 

 somewhat strongly and deeply punctured in front, very finely 

 punctured behind the middle, those on the middle disk entirely 

 obsolete near the apex ; interspaces plane ; on the inner disk 

 below the basilar space are a few very indistinct transverse rugae. 

 Narrower and more parallel than R. variabilis {ante, p. 18^); 

 the thorax similar in shape, but more strongly punctured. 



42. Rhyparida distincta, n. sp. 



Elongata, convexa, fulva, niiida ; capite thoraceque pallide 

 piceis, hoc subcrebre sat fortiter punctato ; elytris thorace 

 latioribus, infra basin et intra callum humerale excavatis ; 

 striis integris, antice sat fortiter, postice minus fortiter punc- 

 tatis; interspatiis planis ; pedibus subelongatis, femoribus 

 subtus dente brevi armatis. 



liong. 2| lin. 



Hab. Tondano. 



Head distinctly but distantly punctured ; epistome not sepa- 

 rated from the front, the apical sutures obsolete, longer than 

 broad, wedge-shaped, sides straight, anterior border broadly and 

 very slightly concave-emarginate, angles of the notch very slightly 

 produced ; apex of jaws black. 'Ihorax one half as broad again 

 as long; sides rounded, converging in front, all the angles armed 

 with an obtuse tooth ; above almost subcylindrical, strongly punc- 

 tured, the punctures on the sides crowded and much coarser. 

 Scutellum longer than broad, sides subsinuate, apex obtuse. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, parallel, excavated within 

 the humeral callus and below the basilar space ; striae entire, 

 somewhat strongly punctured in front, less deeply but distinctly 

 punctured behind the middle ; interspaces plane. 



Very similar in form to R. puncticollis {ante, p. 169); differing 

 in colour, the thorax more closely and not quite as coarsely 

 punctured. 



43. Rhyparida diver sa, n. sp. 



Oblonga, convexa, piceo-fulva, nitida ; femoribus apice, tibiis 

 tarsisque nigris ; antennis extrorsum infuscatis ; thorace 

 tenuiter subremote punctato; elytris infra basin non exca- 

 vatis, striis integris, pone medium minus fortiter punctatis, 



