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punctate-striate, the punctures diminishing in size posteriorly but 

 distinct to the apex, the interstices with a few minute punctures 

 hère and there, not convex, underside and legs dark greenish 

 eeneous, the tibias more or less or entirely fulvous; prosternum 

 comparatively narrow. 



Hah. Norlh Australia. 



Only half the size than R. 7iigro-cyanea Clark and much more 

 cylindrical and elongate, the elytra more strongly punctured etc. 



Rhyparida Fruhstorferi n. sp. — Below hlackish, above 

 metallic purplish^ the head and thorax hluish, sparingly punctured, 

 elytra deeply punctatestriate, the interstices slightly convex, femora 

 unarmed, tarsipiceous. — Length, 8 mill. 



Head very convex, the vertex finely and closely punctured, clypeus 

 distinctly separated from the face, not longer than broad, sparingly 

 and finely punctured, Its anterior margin deeply emarginate at the 

 middle and at the sides, labrum piceous, antennae piceous, the 

 lower two or three joints fulvous, the terminal joints wanting; 

 thorax strongly transverse, more than twice as broad as long, the 

 sides rounded, the anterior margin about one third shorter than the 

 posterior one, the angles acute, the surface sparingly and finely 

 punctured except near the margins where no punctures are seen, 

 scutellum impunctate, black; elytra not wider at the base than the 

 thorax, not depressed below the base, very deeply punctured, Ihe 

 punctures round and closely placed, as usual much finer towards 

 the apex, the interstices somewhat convex and v^ith some fine punc- 

 tures, purplish, the underside and the legs bluish-black, impunctate, 

 the breast more metallic blue. 



Hah. Roon (Fruhstorfer) . 



I received a single spécimen of this species from its discoverer^ 



Colaspoides brevicollis n. sp. — Ovately rounded, more or 

 less piceous or fulvous, the head and the basai joints of the antennœ 

 flavous, thorax very short, sparingly punctured at the sides only, 

 elytra strongly and closely punctate-striate, the basai portion and a 

 large triangular patch below the middle, fulvous, femora unarmed. 

 — Lenght, 5 mill. 



Var. Entirely fulvous or black, 



Head impunctate, flavous, the clypeus not separated from the 

 face, with a few fine punctures, its anterior edge concave at the 

 middle, labrum flavous, antennge extending to the middle ofthe 

 elytra, the lower joints flavous, the others more or less piceous ; 

 thorax three tlmes broader than long, the sides strongly obliquely 

 narrowed towards the apex, the posterior margin slightly produced 

 at the middle, the surface impunctate, with the exception of a few 



