390 MARTIN JACOHY 



fulvous, with deep basal depression, strongly i)unctured ante- 

 riorly, finely posteriorly, the sides at the shoulder with a sliort 

 oblique costa. 



Var. Thorax and the i)ase of the anterior femora fulvous. 



Length 1 V2 ^i^^^- 



Head i)lack at the vertex, fulvous at the lower j)ortioii, strongly 

 but remotely punctured, the episteme not separated from the 

 face and not more closely puncturefl than the head, palpi ful- 

 vous, antennae not extending to the middle of the elytra, black, 

 the lower three joints fulvous, third and fourth joints equal, 

 slightly shorter than the fifth, terminal joints slightly thickened ; 

 thorax twice as l)road as long, the sides angulate immediately 

 below the middle, narrowly transversely sulcate close to the 

 anterior margin, the surface very deeply and remotely punctured, 

 the punctures round and large, not more closely jilaced at the 

 sides than at the disc, the latter shining black ; scutellum longer 

 than broad, fulvous, its apex truncate, the surface impunctate ; 

 elytra dark reddish-fulvous, deeply transversely depressed below 

 the base, the latter convex, the shoulders acute, prominent and 

 followed by a short oblique costa, the punctures strong witliin 

 the depression and at the extreme basal margin, rest of the disc 

 finely })unctate, 1)elow and the legs l)lack. 



Ilab. Pangherang-Pisang, March and Octo]:»er. Si-Raml)é, March 

 and December. 



Of this small species I have five specimens for comparison . 

 the black head, thorax and legs in the type and the deeji and 

 remote punctuation of the thorax, separate it from most of its 

 allies, the small size and other details from X. niijripes, P>aly ; 

 although in the variety the base of the femora and the head 

 and thorax are fulvous, the tibiae and rest of the legs remain 

 black as well as the antennae, excejiting their basal three joints, 

 the colour of the elytra is also of a more ricli fulvous than is 

 generally the case in many other sjiecies of this genus. 



15. Nodostoma lateripunctatum, n. sp. — Pale fulvous, the head 

 impunctate, thorax angulate near the base, strongly punctured 

 at the same place, elytra with deep basal depression . strongly 



