224 MARTIN JACOBY 



Java, Tcibodas, October (0. Beccari). 



Larger than N. fuluipes Baly, the thorax more closely punc- 

 tured and of a nearly uniform pale ilavous or fulvous colour. 



47. INTodostoma iiig-x*itax*sis, n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate, fulvous; antennae, the basal joint excepted, 

 apex of the femora and the tibiae and tarsi black. Thorax 

 deeply punctured at the sides. Elytra depressed below the base, 

 very obsoletely punctate-striate , with an oblique costa at the 

 sides. 



Length 1 ^2 IJi^e. 



Head distantly but very deeply punctured; episteme forming 

 a single piece with the front, the latter with a small oblong 

 fovea; space between the eyes very broad. Antennae filiform, 

 the terminal joint very slightly and gradually thickened but 

 not compressed, basal joint fulvous, the rest black. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long, distinctly angulate at the middle, ful- 

 vous, very shining, surface very deeply but not very closely 

 punctured at the sides, more finely and distantly punctured at 

 the disk. Elytra broader than the thorax, convex, shining, ful- 

 vous , distinctly transversely depressed below the base , the 

 latter raised, distinctly punctured within the depression only, 

 rest of the surface scarcely visibly punctate ; a short costa runs 

 from the shoulder to the lateral margin which is accompanied 

 by a row of distinct punctures. Underside and the base of the 

 femora fulvous, knees, tibiae and tarsi, piceous or black. 



Sumatra, M.^ Singalang, July (0. Eeccari). 



Much smaller than N. nigripes Baly, the sides of the thorax 

 angulate, femora unarmed. 



48. IVodostoma, ovanescens, Baly. 



Specimens of this small but handsome species were obtained 

 '^y ^if?U- L. M. D'Albertis at Ramoi, New Guinea in July. The 

 elytra are of a dark purplish brown colour (which M.'" Baly 



