'V.)H MAUTIN lACOUY 



Head with a tew strung- pmictiii'cs between tlie eyes only, 

 rest of the surface impunctate, the anterior margin of the clypeus 

 but slightly emarginate, antennae two-thirds the length of the 

 Ijody, fulvous, the terminal five or six joints black ; thorax ai)0ut 

 one half l)roader than long, the sides evenly rounded, the sur- 

 face entirely im])unctate, pale llavous or fulvous, elytra with the 

 ])ase strongly raised and bounded by a deep transverse depres- 

 sion, tlie slioulders jirominent, limited at the sides ])y a row of 

 (leej) punctures, posterior portion of tlie elytra very finely punc- 

 tate-striate, femora with a small l)ut acute tooth. 



Ilab. Si-Ram])é, December. 



This species must be separated from those of its allies, having 

 an impunctate tliorax by the rounded sides of the latter, in this 

 respect it agrees v/ith N. Boheinani, Baly l)ut in that species 

 the thorax is sparingly and finely punctured, the insect is larger 

 of darker colour with the margins more or less lilack ; specimens 

 Vk-hich jjelong to the female sex of the present sjiecies have a 

 short lateral humeral costa as is often found in that sex hnX 

 do not otherwise differ, the tootli at all the femora will further 

 help to recognize the species. 



25. Nodostoma nigromarginatum , n. sp. — Pale fulvuus. thi> 

 apical joints of tlie antennae , the breast and the suturai and 

 lateral margins of the elytra more or less black, tliorax strongly 

 punctured at tlie sides only, angulate at tlie middle, elytra finely 

 punctate-striate. 



Var. Elytra entirely fulvous. 



Length 1-1 ^4 line. 



Head very sparingly punctured at tlie sides, a little more 

 closely at the lower portion, the clypeus not separated, antennae 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the apical three 

 joints generally black; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides 

 dilated, strongly rounded and subangulate at the middle, the 

 surface dark fulvous , strongly and rather closely punctured at 

 the sides, much more finely and sjiaringly so at the disc ; elytra 

 with a ' moderately deep depression below the base, rather 

 strongly punctured anteriorly, the punctures getting gradually 



