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callus, the latter subprominent ; striae strongly punctured in 

 front, more finely punctured posteriorly, nearly obsolete near the 

 apex ; interspaces nearly plane, minutely but not closely punc- 

 tured. 



64. Rhypar'ida dimidialipennis, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 8. 



Elongata, convexa, fusco-fulva, subopaca, elytrorum dimidio 

 postico lineaque marginali anticd nigris, genibus infuscatis ; 

 elytrorum striis subsulcatis ; femoribus muticis. 



Long. 2 1 — 3 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



Head exserted ; forehead convex, very finely punctured, lower 

 portion of front impressed with a deep longitudinal groove ; epi- 

 stome separated from the front, longer than broad, apical angle 

 acute ; sides nearly straight and parallel, slightly converging at 

 the apex ; anterior border deeply concave-emarginate, angles of 

 the notch produced each into a subacute tooth ; surface depressed 

 towards the apex, more coarsely punctured than the front; jaws 

 nigro-piceous ; eyes prominent. Thorax nearly twice as broad 

 as long ; sides nearly straight and parallel at the base, thence 

 obliquely converging and rounded to the apex, all the angles 

 armed with a small tooth ; above transversely convex ; sides ob- 

 liquely deflexed in front ; surface nearly impunctate. Scutellum 

 pentagonal. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, not exca- 

 vated below the basilar space ; striae entire, obsoletely sulcate, 

 the interspaces very slightly convex. 



65. Rhyparida laleriviitata, n. sp. 

 Oblonga, convexa, piceo-fulva, nitida ; vertice pectbreque nigro- 

 piceis ; antennis pedibusque paliide fulvis ; thorace granuloso, 

 hie illic sparse punctato, disco piceo ; elytris thorace latiori- 

 bus, infra basin et intra callum humerale leviter excavatis ; 

 striis distincte punctatis, punctis pone medium tenuiter im- 

 pressis ; utrisque vitta lat4 laterali nigro-picea, ante apicem 

 abbreviata, infra basin intus fere ad suturam producta, basi 

 fulvo-notatd ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long, if lin. 

 Hab. Mysol. 



Head prominent, finely granulose, distantly punctured; epi- 

 stome forming a single piece with the front, its surface concave, 



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