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apex, the iiitei-stices shining and impunctate, slightly transversely 

 rugose below the shoulders, underside and legs metallic green 

 like the upper surface, the tibiae more or less aureous, the tarsi 

 black, prosternum very broad, coarsely and remotely punctured. 



Hab. Sumatra (my collection). 



The colour of the antennae, roundcul sides of the thorax and 

 its coarse punctuation, colour of the tibiae will distinguish this 

 sjiecies from any other Eastern form. There are eight specimens 

 before me. 



19. Nodostoma bipartitum, n. sp. — Fulvous, the antennae (the 

 basal joints e\cej)ted) the knees, tibiae and tarsi black, thorax 

 finely and remotely punctured, with rounded sides, elytra linely 

 punctate-striate, with deep Ijasal depression, the basal third por- 

 tion fulvous, the rest, black, femora with a minute tooth. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head sparingly and finely punctured, rather strongly longi- 

 tudinally strigose above the eyes, the clypeus not separated from 

 the face, with a few punctures, reddish-fulvous, antennae only 

 extending to the base of the elytra , black , the lower three 

 joints fulvous, basal joint much thickened, second one half the 

 size, third and fourth equal , the following joints widened , but 

 longer than broad, thorax twice as broad as long, transversely 

 convex, the sides rounded, the surface with the usual transverse 

 groove near tiie anterior margin, the disc s})aringly, irregularly 

 and finely punctured, scutellum longer tlian broad, elytra witli 

 a deep transverse depression below the base and a short but 

 strong, anteriorly divided costa below tlie shoulders, the convex 

 basal portion nearly impunctate, the rest finely punctate-striate 

 except within the depression and in front of the humeral callus, 

 the black portion occupying the posterior two-thirds, not quite 

 extending to the sides nor to the apex, it is separated from the 

 fulvous colour anteriorly by an oblique margin, tiie higher por- 

 tion of which is at the suture. 



Hab. Si-Rambé. 



This Nodostoma can be easily known by the arrangement of 

 the colours and that of the legs, as well as by the non-angulate 



