I'llYTolMIAOA KRoM SUMATRA -i'.)9 



finer towards the apex hut distinct at that place, the shoulders 

 with a short o])li(]ue costa, the lateral and suturai margins black, 

 rest of the surface pale fulvous, the breast more or less black. 



Ilah. Si-Rambe, Deceml^er and March. 



Amongst the small sjiecies of this genus, the present one 

 may be known by the transverse thorax, its strongly produced 

 and rounded lateral margins , angulate at the middle , in con- 

 nection with its strongly punctured sides, and the dark margins 

 of the elytra. 



^(). Nodostoma varipenne, n. sp. — Piceous, head stained with 

 fulvous , strongly punctured , thorax short and transverse , the 

 sides strongly rounded, the disc strongly and remotely punctured, 

 elytra with deep basal depression , finely punctate-striate , ful- 

 vous, the margins and the disc piceous, legs spotted with fulvous, 

 posterior femora with a minute tooth. 



Var. a. Thorax and elytra nearly black. 



Var. h. Thorax and elytra flavous with or without black 

 markings. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head coarsely f)ut not very closely punctured, fulvous or 

 piceous, labrum fulvous, antennae slender, the lower three or 

 four joints liavous, the rest piceous, fourth joint very elongate, 

 slightly longer than the third, terminal joint ovately thickened, 

 thorax twice and a half as broad as long, the sides strongly 

 rounded and subangulate below the middle, the surface with a 

 distinct transverse groove near the anterior margin , piceous , 

 with a slight metallic gloss, strongly but irregularly and spa- 

 ringly punctured ; elytra with a distinct basal depression, finely 

 punctate-striate, the punctures indistinct below the middle, the 

 basal portion swollen, impunctate, the sides with a short oblique 

 costa below the shoulder, the disc pale fulvous, the suturai and 

 lateral margins and an indistinct discoidal patch at the middle, 

 piceous, legs fulvous, the femora more or less stained with pi- 

 ceous above, the posterior ones with a minute tooth. 



Hab. Si-Raml)é. 



This is evidently one of the most variable species of Xodosloina 



