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CHliYSOMELIDiE. 
Group META CHROMINI. 
Body non-pubescent above. Head exserted. Antenna? elongate, 
filiform. Thorax with distinct lateral margins. Intermediate and 
posterior tibia? emarginate at apex; claws bifid. Anterior margin 
of thoracic episternum concave. 
[Represented by a single Indian genus which is similar to Nodo- 
stoma in general appearance, but has bifid not appendiculate claws. 
Genus RHYPAKIDA. 
Ilhyparida, Baly, Journ. Ent. i, 1861, p. 286 ; id. Trans. Ent. Soc. 
(3) iv, 1867, p. 163 ; Lefev. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 94. 
Marsoeus, Clark, Journ. Ent. ii, 1864, p. 252. 
Type, 11. dimidiaia, Baly, from Australia. 
Range. India ; Malayan Subregion ; Australia. 
Body subquadrate-ovate, oblong or subelongate, glabrous ; palpi 
and antenuse filiform ; eyes sinuate on their inner margins. Thorax 
transverse, more or less convex, lateral margins entire, angles 
distinct. Elytra punctate- striate. Legs rather robust ; femora 
often with a tooth on the lower margin ; tibiae emarginate at apex ; 
claws bifid. Prosternum oblong or elongate. 
668. Ilhyparida khasianensis, Jac. Entomologist, 1899, p. 80. 
Eulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; tarsi pieeous. 
Head impunctate ; clypeus very broad, subquadrate, distinctly 
separated from the face, impunctate, anterior margin concavo-emar- 
ginate. Antennae extending nearly to the apex of the elytra, second 
joint short, third nearly three times as long, last seven joints black. 
Thorax twice as broad as long, only slightly widened at the middle, 
sides nearly straight, anterior angles slightly thickened, surface 
very sparingly ancl finely punctured. Scutellum broad, smooth. 
Elytra wider at base than the thorax, not depressed below-' the 
former, shoulders prominent ; surface rather strongly punctate- 
striate, punctures closely placed ; interstices slightly convex, im- 
punctate. Prosternum broad, punctured. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hah. Assam : Khasi Hills. 
669. Ilhyparida bengalensis, sp. n. 
Head and thorax fulvous ; terminal joints of antennse black ; 
elytra flavous. 
Head with a few minute punctures ; clypeus transverse, finely 
punctured, obsoletely separated from the face ; eyes large, slightly 
notched ; antennse long and slender, basal five joints pale, rest 
black, second as long as the third but thicker. Thorax half as 
broad again as long, of equal width, sides rounded, basal margin 
very feebly produced at the middle, surface very finely and 
obsoletely punctured, dark fulvous. 8cutellum oblong, smooth, 
