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scarcely two s|)eciiiieiis ÌhAìv^ alike ; some are testaceous aiiove 

 with a slig-lit aeneous gloss, otiiers are of the same colour l)ut 

 have the margins and a transverse hand l)elo\v the elytra! 

 de})ression piceous, this ])and l)eing sometimes widened into an 

 elongate patch, while a third variety is almost entirely l)lack 

 above, in these specimens the base of the femora are more or 

 less flavous ; the species seems closely allied to X. ni<jro-iii(icu- 

 lalimh Lefèv. also from Sumatra, l)ut the author has described 

 the head as smooth and the thorax spotted with black and 

 punctured at the disc only which all differs from the j)resent 

 insect. The thorax of X. varipenne is short and transverse, scar- 

 cely narrowed in front, with very rounded and widened sides 

 and the punctuation is strong ìjut irregular and remote ; it is 

 only in having regard to this sculpturing and sha})e that I am 

 ena]>led to distinguish this species from many others. 



27. Nodina fulvitarsis, n. sj). — Black below, the basal joints 

 of the antennae , the apex of tiie ti])iae and the tarsi , fulvous, 

 above cupreous or aeneous, thorax finely and subremotely, elytra 

 distinctly punctate-stria te, the a])ex nearly iin])unctate. 



Length '^l^-'^U ^^^^®- 



Of convex and broadly-ovate shape, the head very remotely 

 and finely punctured with a distinct ocular sulcus, the anterior 

 edge of the clypeus l)ut slightly emarginate, palpi fulvous, an- 

 tennae extending to the l)ase of the elytra, fulvous or with the 

 terminal joints darker, third and fourth joint small, equal; thorax 

 more than twice as lu'oad as long, the sides evenly Init mode- 

 rately rounded, the anterior ])ortion rather strongly detiexed , 

 but slightly narrowed at the sides, the surface metallic aeneous, 

 rather remotely and very finely punctured, the punctures at the 

 sides more closely placed; elytra slightly widened towards the 

 middle, more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures 

 arranged in regular rows, l)ut not closely placed, the sides from 

 tlie middle to the ajiox, impunctate; underside and the posterior 

 femora black, the til)iae and the tarsi, fulvous, posterior four 

 tibiae distinctly notched. 



Ilab. Si-Rambe, Pangherang-Pisang, Padang. 



