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groove, punctured like the head, its anterior margin concave emar- 

 ginale, the middle of the head with a longitudinal groove, eyes very 

 large, labrum dark fulvous, anteanae long and slender, the lower 

 five joints fulvous, the others piceous; thorax scarcely twlce as 

 broad as long, the sides rounded at the middle, the angles denti- 

 form, the surface finely, rather remotely and irregularly punctu- 

 red; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, elongate and parallel, 

 the base scarcely perceptibly depressed, finely punctured in rows, 

 the latter rather remotely placed, the punctures much finer towards 

 the apex ; underside and legs piceous, femora unarmed. 



Hah. Fergusson Island. 



Larger than jR. metalliea Jac. of différent colour, the epistome 

 separated from the face, the basai joints of the antennae fulvous, 

 the elytra scarcely depressed below the base. 



Rhyparida COStata n. sp. — Below piceous, above metallic 

 hlue, the labruin, anlennœ cmd tarsi fulvous, thorax finely punctured, 

 elytra striate-punctate, the interstices longiiudinally costale. Length, 

 7 mill. 



Head finely and remotely punctured at the vertex, the lower 

 portion impunctate, metallic blue or greenish, clypeus distinctly 

 separated from the face, wedgeshaped with a few fine punctures, 

 its lower edge feebly emarginate, labrum fulvous, antennae entirely 

 fulvous, the third joint one half longer than the second but slightly 

 shorter than the fourth joint; thorax twice as broad as long, the 

 sides strongly rounded, especially so near the base, not much nar- 

 rowed towards the apex, the angles in shape of a small tooth, the 

 surface rather remotely and finely punctured, the margins nearly 

 Impunctate; scutellum broad, subpentagonal, impunctate; elytra 

 oblong and parallel, scarcely perceptibly punctured within the deep 

 and regular strise, the interstices longitudinally costate throughout; 

 underside and legs piceous, the breast with a metallic gloss, femora 

 unarmed, the tibise and tarsi obscure fulvous. 



Hab. S. Palawan. 



The metallic blue colour of the upper parts of this species and 

 the costate and scarcely punctured elytra will distinguish it from 

 any of its allies. 



Rhyparida apicipennis n. sp. — Piceous, the antennœ and 

 legs pale fulvous, head distinctly punctured, thorax finely andsuhre- 

 motely punctate ; elytra strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, the inter- 

 stices impunctate ; the colour nearly hlack, the apex more or less pale 

 fulvous, legs unarmed, — Length, 8 mill. 



Head piceous or fulvous, opaque, closely and distinctly punctured, 

 with a deep but short groove between the eyes, clypeus separated 



