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rest of the disk are very finely punctured and the apex is en- 

 tirely impunctate; a deep row of punctures accompanies the 

 extreme lateral margin and from the shoulder a distinct longi- 

 tudinal costa extends to nearly half the length of the elytra. 

 Legs rather elongate, finely pubescent, apex of the femora and 

 base of the tibiae obscure piceous. Posterior femora with a very 

 minute tooth. 



Sumatra, M.*- Singalan, July (0. Beccari). 



Amongst the small species of the genus the present insect 

 seems to be allied to N. proximum Baly from which it di tiers 

 in the angulate not rounded thorax and the deep punctuation 

 of the latter. 



44. Nodosioma, Balyi, n. sp. 



Oblong, piceous below; above testaceous; thorax deeply and 

 closely punctured ; elytra strongly punctate-striate anteriorly , 

 the apex impunctate , testaceous, the suturai and lateral margin 

 and a narrow transverse stripe below the base, piceous or black. 



Length 1 */2 line. 



Head deeply but not very closely punctured , the extreme 

 base, piceous; episteme not separated from the face; antennae 

 slender, filiform, about two third the length of the body, pi- 

 ceous, the four first joints fulvous; thorax distinctly angulate 

 behind the middle, testaceous, narrowly margined with piceous, 

 surface closely covered with deep punctures, especially near 

 the sides where the interstices are somewhat rugose. Scutellum 

 rather broad, impunctate, testaceous. Elytra oblong, convex, 

 parallel, distinctly transversely depressed below the base, the 

 latter elevated, humeral callus thickened, disk strongly punc- 

 tate-striate within the depression and at the sides, where a 

 short oblique costa runs from the shoulder to the lateral margin, 

 rest of the surface finely punctured , the shoulder itself impunc- 

 tate, of a light testaceous, the suture, the lateral margin and 

 a narrow transverse sti'ipe situated within the basal depression, 

 black or piceous. Legs testaceous, femora unarmed. 



