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52. R/iyparida sulcicoUis, n. sp. 



Subelongata, convexa, obscure picea, nitida ; capite pedibusque 

 piceo-fulvis ; antennis extrorsum infuscatis ; thorace opaco, 

 SLibieraote tenaiter punctato, ante apicem transversim sul- 

 cato ; elytris basi et apice piceo-fulvis, thorace vix latiori- 

 bus, postice vix attenuatis, infra basin et intra callum hu- 

 merale excavatis, spatio basilari paullo incrassato ; striis 

 apicem versus et supra spatium basilare minus fortiter punc- 

 tatis, minus distinctis, interspatiis planis ; femoribus subtus 

 dente brevi armatis. 



Ling. Ij lin. 



Hab. Sulu Islands, New Guinea. 



Head opake, lower portion of front impressed with a deep 

 longitudinal groove; epistome separated from the front, sides 

 converging backwards, anterior border broadly concave-emar- 

 ginate, angles of the notch slightly produced ; jaws black. 

 Thorax stained at base and apex with obscure fulvous, twice as 

 broad at the base as long, sides rounded, obliquely converging 

 irom behind the middle to the apex ; anterior angles obsolete, 

 hinder angles armed with an obtuse tooth; above transversely 

 convex at the base, sides obliquely- deflexed in front; surface 

 opake, impressed with a distant very finely impressed puncturing ; 

 just behind the anterior border is a deep but ill-defined transverse 

 groove, which extends entirely across the surface of the thorax, 

 but is less distinct on the middle of the disk. Scutellum sub- 

 trigonate, its apex rounded. Elytra sculptured as in R, brunnea 

 (^anlc, p. 196). 



53. Rhyparida hipustulata, n. sp. 



Oblonga, convexa, laete purpurea, nitida; antennis flavis, ex- 

 trorsum fuscis ; thorace sub lente minute et remote punctato ; 

 elytris thorace latioribus, convexis, infra basin non exca- 

 vatis; striis integris, subfortiter punctatis, interspatiis planis; 

 utrisque plaga transversa, ante medium posita, ornatis ; 

 femoribus subtus dente minuto armatis ; tarsis obscure 

 piceis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Waigiou. 



Head irregularly wrinkled, minutely grannlose, very finely and 

 distantly punctured ; lower portion of front impressed with a 

 broad but shallow longitudinal groove ; epistome forming a single 



