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rate'l from the face, its anterior margin scmicirculariy emarginate, 

 palpi incrassatc, pale flavous, antennae two-tliir.ls the length of 

 tilt? body, )>lack, the lower four joints iiavous, the a})ex of the 

 terminal joint fulvous, thorax twice as broad as long, the sides 

 strongly rounded, the disc convex, entirely impunctate, posterior 

 angles produced into a slight tooth, scutellum rather narrow, 

 elytra convex, without basal depression, extremely finely punc- 

 tate-striate, the punctures surrounded l)y a dark ring, femora 

 unarmed, prosternum smooth. 



I lab. Si-Rambé, December. 



Of this species, only two specimens are before me, the convex 

 thorax . its rounded sides and the convex and not impressed 

 elytra distinguislies well this species from its numerous allies. 



^2. Nodostoma semicostatum, n. sp. — Dark fulvous, the elytra 

 and legs })aler, head and thorax deeply and strongly punctured, 

 the sides of the latter rounded, elytra deeply jtunctate-striate. 

 the base raised, the sides longitudinally costate with a black band 

 from base to a])ex. 



Var. The elytra! bands interrupted or entirely absent. 



Feni. Elytral interstices longitudinally costate throughout. 



Length 1-1 ^j^ line. 



Head deeply but moderately closeI\ punctured , the clypeus 

 not separated from the face, palpi lia\-ous, antennae two-tliirds 

 the length of the body, flavous, third and fourth joints equal, 

 the terminal ones very slightly thicdvened ; thorax scarcely one 

 half broader than long, narrowed at the base and apex, the 

 sides rounded, the angles with a small tubercle, the surface 

 rather convex, dark fulvous like the head and sculptured in the 

 same way, but tiie |)unctures larger and deeper, the anterior 

 margin followed l^y a narrow transverse groove, scutellum im- 

 punctate; elytra much broader at the I)ase than the thorax, the 

 l)asal })ortion distinctly raised with a semicircular deej) depression, 

 |)ale fulvous or flavous, very dee])ly t)unctate-striate , the sides 

 with a longitudinal costa from the slioulder to the a])ex and a 

 l)road black band from the l)ase to nearly the ajH>\ . femora 

 unarmed, prosternum with a tew deej) jiunctures. 



