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groove within, the disc finely [mnctate-striate, the punctures nearly obsolete below 

 the middle, tlavou.s, the margins rather broadly, and a tran verse band below the 

 middle, greenish aeneous. 



Hab. Martapura (f^.K. Borneo). 



Nodostoma acutan^um sp. nov. 



Testaceous ; thorax conve.x, remotely and distinctly punctured, the sides angulate 

 before the base, elytra strongly punctate-.striate anteriorly, the ape.x impunctate, the 

 base conve.x, the shoulders obliquely tuberculate, followed by another tubercle. 



Var. Klytra with the suture and lateral margin narrowly black. 



Length li line. 



Head with a few fine punctures, not transversely giooved between the eyes, 

 antennae extending beyond the elytra, the fifth and following joints distinctly 

 widened, thorax twice as broad as long, the surface convex, distantly punctured, the 

 sides obliquely narrowed towards the apex, angulate below the middle, the anterior 

 margin followed by a narrow, punctured transverse groove ; elytra with the basal 

 portion distinctly raised, rather strongly punctate-striate to near the middle, the 

 apex impunctate, the shoulders thickened and obliijue, with a small tubercle placed 

 immediately below ; prostemum subquadrate, with a few punctures. 



Hab. Sumatra. 



Closely allied to N. hitvhercidatum, .Tac. from Ceylon, but the head finely not 

 .strongly punctured, the antennae shorter, the thorax quite differently jiunctured and 

 the femora without tooth ; the lateral tubercle of the elytra is visible, when the insect 

 is %'iewed from above. 



Nodostoma staudingeri sp. nov. 



Pale fulvous, head and thorax coarsely and distantly punctured, the latter angulate 

 below the middle; elytra with deep depression, punctured anteriorly only. 



Length H line. 



Head very remotely and strongly punctured, the clypeus not separated from the 

 face, similarly punctured, jaws very robust, antennae fulvous, the terminal joints 

 stained with fuscous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides strongly angulate 

 behind the middle, the surface convex, remotely impressed with deeji punctures, the 

 anterior portion without any transverse groove ; scutellum rather longer than broad, 

 its apex rounded ; elytra with the basal portion strongly raised and bounded by a 

 deep depression below, the latter with a few deep punctures, as well as the sides 

 anteriorly, and the deep groove which limits the humeral callus within, the rest of 

 the surface nearly impunctate, the suture accompanied by a dee})ly impressed line; 

 from the shoulder runs a short oblique costa to the lateral margin ; femora unarmed. 



Hah. Perak. 



Nodostoma purptireofasciatum sp. nov. 



Black, above metallic green, basal joints of the antennae fulvous, thorax deeply 

 foveolate-punetate at the sides, elytra deeply punctate-striate, the base swollen, 

 pvirplish as well as the lateral margin. 



Far. Klytra entirely metallic green, the sides excepted. 



Length i to | line. 



Hciul closely punctured, the vertex strigose at the sides, clothed with short 

 greyish pubescence, epistome not separated from the face, the latter flat, labrum and 



