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account of the impunctate head, thorax and elytra with the 

 exception of the few punctures of the latter below the base. 

 p]ven with a strong lens no punctuation is visible at the for- 

 mer parts. 



In respect to the rounded sides of the thorax in the species 

 before us which is has in common with several others described 

 by M/ Baly, Chapuis remarks in his « Genera des Coléoptères » 

 that if the angulate sides (generally peculiar to Nodostoma), are 

 absent, there would be nothing to distinguish the genus from 

 Nodina; the latter is however of totally different shape having 

 more the appearance of a species of Lamprosoma on account of 

 the width of the thorax which is as wide as the elytra. 



34. IVodostoma Beccarii, n. sp. 



Oblong-convex, testaceous; head and- thorax impunctate ; ely- 

 tra depressed below the base, distinctly punctured within the 

 depression, extremely finely punctate-striate posteriorly, apex 

 impunctate. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head entirely impunctate; eyes very large; episteme obsole- 

 tely separated from the face by a transverse groove, broader 

 than long: its anterior margin broadly angulate-emarginate at 

 the middle, the sides obliquely cut; jaws piceous; antennae 

 nearly as long as the body , slender , the terminal joints but 

 very slightly thickened, entirely pale fulvous, the last joints 

 obscure piceous. Thorax transverse, the sides very obtusely an- 

 gulate behind the middle, from there to the apex narrowed and 

 oblique, surface with a distinct transverse groove near the an- 

 terior margin, entirely impunctate. Scutellum about as broad 

 as long. Elytra with a deep transverse depression below the 

 base, the latter raised, the elevation limited posteriorly and la- 

 terally by a circular row of deep punctures , rest of the disk 

 scarcely visibly punctate; the suture narrowly obscure piceous, 

 or dark fulvous. Legs elongate, testaceous, tarsi darker; an- 



