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granular and opaque, sparsely and very finely punctulate ; clypeiis 

 somewhat in the form of a triangle, with curvilinear sides and 

 a slightly sinuate base ; vertex impressed between the eyes with 

 three lines, one short median, and one on each side passing outwards 

 from the apex of the clypeus, and then curved round the inner and 

 posterior border of the eye. Thorax rounded at the sides, and 

 broadest across the middle ; upper surface dull, finely, and rather 

 sparsely punctured. Elytra glossy, distinctly punctured, with the 

 punctures arranged in definite rows which, counted across the 

 middle, are to the number of eleven on each elytron ; the first or 

 sutural row becomes double at the base, the sixth, seventh, and 

 tenth stop short at the shoulder, and the eighth and ninth a little 

 further back, the eleventh or marginal row, before reaching the 

 base, sends off a short inner branch as far as to the shoulder; 

 posteriorly the eleventh row also becomes double, its outer branch 

 joining the first or sutural row at the apex, its inner branch joining 

 the second row, the tenth row and the third being similarly united 

 behind ; the punctures of the remaining rows are somewhat closely 

 crowded and confused behind ; the interstice between the short 

 eighth and ninth rows is raised and sub-costate. Femora unarmed. 



89. Rhyparida modesta, Gahan, sp.n. 



Fusca, violaceo-tincta, corpore subtus fere nigro, antennis pedi- 

 busque testaceis ; capite dense sat fortiter punctato ; prothorace 

 transverse, lateraliter ante medium, rotundato, deinde versus apicem 

 basimque angustato, angulis anticis posticisque leviter dentatis ; 

 elytris sat fortiter seriatimque punctatis; antennis articulo 1° quam 

 2° duplo longiore. 



Long. 8-9, lat. 4'5mm. 



Colour varying from brownish testaceous to a darker brown, 

 with a more or less distinct violaceous tint and metallic lustre ; the 

 under-side, except at the apex of the abdomen and the sides of the 

 prothorax, almost quite black; the legs and antennas testaceous. 

 Head distinctly and rather thickly punctured, especially on the 

 clypeus ; the latter with curvilinear sides, from each of which an 

 impressed line passes to the inner and posterior border of the eye, its 

 basal margin very slightly sinuate in the middle. Prothorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long ; rounded at the sides ; broadest a little in 

 front of the middle, and thence narrowed towards the base and 

 apex ; distinctly and rather thickly punctured above. Elytra 

 rather strongly punctured, the punctures being arranged in regular 

 rows on the disk and close to the lateral margins, more irregularly 

 on the intervening space at each side ; interstices between the rows 

 of punctures very minutely and sparsely punctulate. Antennte 

 reaching to a little beyond the base of the elytra ; second joint less 

 than half the length of the first or third ; fourth joint a little 

 longer than the third; fifth and following joints sub-equal to one 



