216 MARTIN JACOBY 



at the base, knees metallic green; tibiae and tarsi violaceous 

 blue. 



New Guinea, Wa Samson, February (0. Beccari). 



Of this beautiful species only a single specimen was obtained. 



36. Nodostoma, violacea, n. sp. 



Ovate; blackish below; legs piceous. Antennae pale fulvous; 

 above dark violaceous blue; head finely and distinctly, thorax 

 deeply punctured ; elytra strongly punctate-striate anteriorly , 

 more finely towards the apex. 



Length 1 ^/^ line. 



Head finely and very distantly punctured; labrum fulvous; 

 antennae of half the length of the body, slender, filiform, en- 

 tirely pale fulvous. Thorax transversely convex, the sides evenly 

 rounded, with a very distinct transverse groove in front of the 

 anterior margin , the disk covered with deep and oblong but 

 not very closely placed punctures, the sides more closely and 

 coarsely punctate. Scutellum about as broad as long. Elytra 

 wider at the base than the thorax, subquadrate oblong, very 

 convex, distinctly depressed below the base and within the hu- 

 meral callus, the latter very swollen and divided by a deep 

 groove, anterior portion of the elytra strongl}^ punctate-striate, 

 posteriorly more finely punctured, interstices slightly convex 

 towards the base; from the shoulder a strongly raised costa 

 runs parallel with the lateral margin towards the apex where 

 it is gradually lost. Femora swollen, dark piceous with a vio- 

 laceous tint, the posterior ones with a minute tooth. Tibiae 

 lighter piceous. 



Celebes, Kandari, April (0. Beccari). 



I must separate this species from N. piceipes Baly to which 

 it seems closely allied, on account of the entirely violaceous 

 upper surface, the linoly not coarsely punctured head and the 

 shorter antennae. 



