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Rhyparida ruficeps, n. sp. 



Black; head, tips of elytra, and epipleurae towards base, 

 and appendages more or less reddish-fiavous. 



Head with small punctures at base, but almost disappear- 

 ing before clypeus ; with a narrow median impression ; clypeus 

 with distinct but not very large punctures, posterior suture 

 defined only at sides. Eyes large, distance between them 

 slightly less than the transverse diameter of an eye. Prothorax 

 about twice as wide as the median length, front angles scarcely 

 armed; with small and rather sparse punctures. Eh/tra sub- 

 ovate, at extreme base very little wider than prothorax, but 

 across widest part (at about the apical third) considerably 

 wider ; with rows of fairly large punctures, almost disappearing 

 posteriorly. Flanks of prosternum conspicuously striated from 

 base to apex, except on outer margins. Femora very minutely 

 dentate; claws appendiculate. Length, 3 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Jenolan (J. C. Wiburd). 

 Type (unique), I. 3449. 



A small, oval, black species, with conspicuously reddish 

 head and appendages. 



Rhyparida melvillensis, n. sp. 

 PI. vi., fig. 42. 



Blackish-brown, some parts more or less flavous or 

 testaceous. 



Head shagreened ; with small and feeble punctures at 

 base, disappearing entirely before clypeus, the latter with 

 rather dense and large ones ; with a narrow medio-frontal 

 impression connected with a bisinuate clypeal suture. Eyes 

 large, prominent, and widely separated. Frotliorax scarcely 

 twice as wide as the median length, all angles armed ; with 

 rather small but well-defined, and rather irregularly distri- 

 buted, punctures. Elytra suboblong, distinctly wider than 

 prothorax ; with rows of large punctures, becoming much 

 smaller towards, but distinct to apex. Flanks of prosternum 

 distinctly striated throughout. Femora unarmed ; claws 

 appendiculate near base. Length, 5 mm. 



i^a^.— Melville Island (W. D. Dodd). Type, I. 3084. 



The prominent eyes, conspicuously punctate clypeus, with 

 the head elsewhere practically impunctate, the conspicuously 

 striated prosternum and rows of large elytral punctures, form 

 a combination of characters that should be peculiarly distinc- 

 tive, even if (as is probably the case) the colours are not to be 

 depended upon. The paler parts are the head (except for a 

 subtriangular basal spot and the clypeal suture), two obscure 

 spots near the base of each elytron, and a narrow strip almost 



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