202 Plnjtophaga Maluyana. 



obtuse tooth ; upper surface moderately convex, subremotely 

 punctured ; the piceous patches, which are placed one on either 

 side, and are attached to the basal and lateral borders, cover nearly 

 the whole surface of the disk, leaving only a longitudinal space 

 down the middle, together with the anterior margin, free. Scu- 

 tellum nigro-piceous. Elytra sulcate-striate, the sulci distinctly 

 punctured, interspaces smooth, very remotely impressed with 

 fine punctures, visible only under a lens; humeral callus slightly 

 prominent. 



57. Rhyparida limhata, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 9. 



Oblonga, convexa, fusco-fulva, subnitida ; scutello, tliorace 

 utrinque macula, genibusque piceis ; elytris nigro-piceo-lim- 

 batis, limbo exteriore ante apicem angustato, striis sulcatis, 

 interspatiis convexiusculis ; femoribus muticis. 



Var. A. Elytrorum limbo suturali dilatato ; thorace fascia 

 interrupta picea. 



Var. B, Corpora toto pallida fulvo. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Celebes. 



Head distantly punctured ; epistome more closely punctured 

 than the front, eampanuliform, sutural line separating its apex 

 from the front obsolete ; anterior border slightly subangulate- 

 emarginate. Thorax transverse, twice as broad as long ; sides 

 nearly straight and very slightly diverging from the base to 

 behind the middle, thence regularly rounded and converging to 

 the apex ; surface somewhat irregularly punctured. Scutellum 

 longer than broad. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, 

 very faintly excavated below the basilar space ; striae deeply 

 sulcate, finely punctured, the punctures oblong, interspaces con- 

 vex ; humeral callus moderately prominent. 



58. Rhyparida Horsjleldn, n. sp. 

 Oblonga, convexa, fulva, nitida ; capite (antennis exceptis) 

 thoraceque pallide rufo-piceis, hoc sat fortiter subcrebre 

 punctato ; elytris thorace latioiibus, ovatis, infra basin exca- 

 vatis ; striis integris, piceo-punctatis, punctis ante medium 

 sat fortiter, pone medium minus fortiter impressis, apicem 



