378 CHMYSOMELID^E. 



Group METACHROMINI. 



Body non-pubescent above. Head exserted. Antennae elongate, 

 filiform. Thorax with distinct lateral margins. Intermediate and 

 posterior tibiae emarginate at apex ; claws bifid. Anterior margin 

 of thoracic episternum concave. 



^Represented by a single Indian genus which is similar to Nodo- 

 stoma in general appearance, but has bifid not appendiculate claws. 



Genus RHYPARIDA. 



Rhyparida, Baly, Journ. Ent. i, 1861, p. 286 ; id. Trans. Ent. Soc. 



(3) iv, 1867, p. 1(53 ; Lefev. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 94. 

 Marsceus, Clark, Journ. Ent. ii, 1864, p. 252. 



Type, R. dimidiala, Baly, from Australia. 



Range. India; Malayan Subregion ; Australia. 



Body subquadrate-ovate, oblong or subelongate, glabrous ; palpi 

 and antenna? filiform ; eyes sinuate on their inner margins. Thorax 

 transverse, more or less convex, lateral margins entire, angles 

 distinct. Elytra punctate- striate. Legs rather robust ; femora 

 often with a tooth on the lower margin ; tibiae emarginate at apex : 

 claws bifid. Prosternum oblong or elongate. 



668. Rhyparida khasianensis, Jac. Entomologist, 1899, p. 80. 

 Fulvous : terminal joints of antennae black ; tarsi piceous. 

 Head impunctate ; clypeus very broad, subquadrate, distinctly 



separated from the face, impunctate, anterior margin concavo-emar- 

 ginate. Antennae extending nearly to the apex of the elytra, second 

 joint short, third nearly three times as long, last seven joints black. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, only slightly widened at the middle, 

 sides nearly straight, anterior angles slightly thickened, surface 

 very sparingly and finely punctured. Scutellum broad, smooth. 

 Elytra wider at base than the thorax, not depressed below the 

 former, shoulders prominent; surface rather strongly punctate- 

 striate, punctures closely placed ; interstices slightly convex, im- 

 punctate. Prosternum broad, punctured. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hob. Assam : Khasi Hills. 



669. Rhyparida bengalensis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; 

 elytra flavous. 



Head with a few minute punctures ; clypeus transverse, finely 

 punctured, obsoletely separated from the face ; eyes large, slightly 

 notched ; antennas long and slender, basal five joints pale, rest 

 black, second as long as the third but thicker. Thorax half as 

 broad again as long, of equal width, sides rounded, basal margin 

 very feebly produced at the middle, surface very finely and 

 obsoletely punctured, dark fulvous. Scutellum oblong, smooth, 



