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spot is placed below the middle of each elytron, this spot is rather 

 deeply indented at its lower edge, the underside and legs nearly 

 black. 

 Hab. North Australia. 



Rhyparida pallida n. sp. — Narrow and pavallel, fulvous^ the 

 terminal joints of the antennœ black, head and thorax impunctate, 

 opaque, elytra flavous,without basai dépression, rather finely puyictate- 

 striate distinct to the apex. — Length, 5 mill. 



Of rather narrow and subcylindrical shape, the head impunctate, 

 the clypeus sparingly but strongly punctured, separated from the 

 face by some punctures only, deeply emarginate at its anterior edge, 

 antennse black, the lower three or four joints flavous, the second 

 joint elongate, as long as the thlrd, thorax scarcely twice as broad 

 as long, the sides strongly rounded, rather suddenly but slightly 

 narrowed in front, the angles prominent, the surface entirely 

 impunctate, fulvous; elytra slightly wider than the thorax at the 

 base, flavous, without basai dépression, rather finely punctate- 

 striate, the punctures as usually larger anteriorly than posteriorly, 

 legs flavous, the femora unarmed, the abdomen sometimes piceous. 



Hab, North Australia. 



The small size, subcylindrical shape, the entirely impunctate 

 head and thorax in connection with the absence of an elytral 

 dépression and their rather fine punctuation will help to distinguish 

 this species of which I bave three spécimens for comparison. 



Rhyparida brevicollis n. sp. — Fulvous or piceous, the thorax 

 short and transverse, rather finely and closely punctured, elytra 

 strongly punctured anteriorly, finely so towards the apex, the punc- 

 tures closely approached, femora unarmed. — Length, 6 mill. 



Head impunctate, minutely granulate, the clypeus distinctly 

 separated from the face, subquadrate, very finely punctured and 

 granulate, its anterior margin deeply emarginate, labrum fulvous, 

 eyes very large, the space dividing them narrowed, with a short 

 central groove, antennse entirely fulvous or flavous; thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long, the sides strongly rounded near the 

 base and narrowed anteriorly, the anterior margin scarcely more 

 than half the width of the posterior one, the angles acute *but not 

 produced, the surface rather finely and closely punctured except 

 near the margins where there are scarcely any punctures, scutellum 

 impunctate; elytra not wider at the base than the thorax, very 

 feebly depressed below the base, the dépression as usually, more 

 strongly punctured than the rest of the surface, the punctures 

 below the dépression very fine and closely placed in strise, distinct 



