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verse, rather narrower anteriorly, the pubescence denser at the 

 sides; scuteUum bluntly triangular ; elytra with minute patches 

 of slightly condensed pubescence, and a few small white spots, in 

 some specimens, however, quite obsolete ; body beneath and legs 

 chesnut-red, with a thin regular pile ; antennae paler, the basal 

 joint transversely clouded with greyish. 

 Length If — 2| lines. 



Rop'tca illepida. 

 R. fuscescens, pube sparsa grisea ; prothorace minus latiori, 

 antice posticeque fere aequali; elytris brevioribus, unicolori- 

 bus ; antennis gracilioribus. 

 Hab. — Dorey. 



Allied to R. indigna, but the prothorax narrower, nearly equal in 

 front and rear ; the elytra shorter, with the pubescence more uni- 

 form in distribution and colour ; and the antennae slenderer towards 

 the apex. 



Length 2 lines. 



Rojnca pluviata, 

 R. fuscescens, pube grisea interrupta; prothorace valde trans- 

 verso, lateribus fortiier rotundato ; elytris medio infuscatis, 

 humeris paulo productis ; antennarum articulis griseo- 

 variis. 

 Hab. — Batchian. 



Pale brown, with a rather close but interrupted pile ; head 

 covered with coarse greyish hairs ; prothorax very transverse, 

 narrower anteriorly, the sides strongly rounded ; scutellum small, 

 subtransverse, rounded behind ; elytra moderately long, rather 

 prominent at the shoulder, the punctures well marked, an indefinite 

 brownish band across the middle curving downwards ; body be- 

 neath chesnut-brown with a thin pile ; antennae and legs reddish- 

 brown, varied with a grey pubescence. 

 Length 2 1 lines. 



Ropica angitsticoUis. 

 R. fuscescens, pube grisea interrupta ; prothorace capite vix 

 latiori, brevi, antice posticeque aequali; elytris brevibus, 

 griseo-subirroratis, post medium griseo-subfasciatis. 

 Hab. — Sarawak. 



Pale reddish-brown, with a greyish interrupted pubescence ; 

 head spotted in front; prothorax short, scarcely broader than the 

 head, the anterior and posterior borders equal in breadth ; scutel- 

 lum nearly scutiform ; elytra short, the pubescence forming small 



