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Rop'ica viduata. 

 R. fusca, piibe sparsa grisea interrupta ; elytris griseo-variegatis, 

 obsolete fusco-siibfasciatis, lateribus postice albo-maculatis ; 

 antennis obscure griseis, scapo fusco. 

 Hab. — Batchian, Gilolo. 



Dark brown, with a thin unequal greyish pile ; head nearly im- 

 punctate ; prothorax short, broader than the head, finely punc- 

 tured, brown, with two more or less indefinite greyish stripes on 

 edch side ; scutellnm subtransverse ; elytra obscurely varied with 

 curved greyish bands, behind the middle three white nearly-con- 

 nected spots in a transverse direction ; body beneath dark pitchy- 

 brown ; legs and antennae brown, thinly pubescent, the latter with 

 short, stiff, erect scattered hairs, and the basal joint nearly black. 

 Length 2^ — 3 lines. 



Ropica lachrymosa. 



R. nigra, sparse albo-setulosa ; elytris post medium maculis 

 tribus albis transversim positis ; tibiis tarsisque posticis 

 brunneo-testaceis, albo-pilosis. 



Hah. — Batchian. 



Black, with small white setulose hairs scattered over the elytra ; 

 head and prothorax nearly impunctate, with an exceedingly deli- 

 cate greyish pile, the latter very short and strongly rounded at 

 the sides; scutellum transverse; elytra nearly glabrous, except 

 three white patches posteriorly placed transversely, the setulae 

 arising singly from the anterior over-hanging margin of each punc- 

 ture ; body beneath dark brown, with a long yellowish-grey 

 fringe bordering the margin of the basal abdominal segment ; legs 

 dark brown, the posterior tibise, except at the base, with their 

 tarsi, clothed with rather long greyish hairs; antennae nearly uni- 

 formly dark brown. 



Length 2| lines. 



Ropica vetusta. 

 R. fusca vel rufo-fusca, pube rufo-grisea tecta ; elytris postice 

 macula magna alba, vel aliquando fascia ad suturam inter- 

 rupta; antennis griseo-submaculatis. 

 Hab. — Tondano . 



Brownish or reddish-brown, with a somewhat coarse reddish- 

 grey pubescence ; head covered with greyish hairs ; prothorax 

 finely punctured, a little broader than the head, strongly rounded 

 at the sides; scutellum nearly triangular; elytra subseriate-punc- 



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