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rax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, distinctly angulate 

 or nearly dentate below the middle, the posterior angles denti- 

 form, the surface closely impressed with larger and smaller 

 punctures, rather more closely placed at the sides and extending 

 to all the margins , the interstices very finely granulate ; scu- 

 tellum smooth ; elytra parallel, the apex rounded, the shoulders 

 not much raised , the punctuation arranged in rather closely 

 approached rows, the punctures fine and irregularly doubled 

 anteriorly , becoming single below the middle , the interstices 

 minutely granulate, slightly raised near the sides and the apex, 

 a very slight depression may be seen below the shoulders, the 

 under side and the legs rather darker, the first joint of the an- 

 terior tarsi in the male strongly widened. 



The female is rather larger but does not differ from the male 

 except in the not dilated anterior tarsi which are also more or 

 less fulvous. 



The nearest allied species , in regard to the structure of the 

 thorax, seems to be N. spinulosa, Lefèv. in which the sides of 

 the thorax are likewise angulate, but this species is described as 

 being blue and with a remotely punctured thorax, for the rest 

 the short diagnosis given by the author does not enable one to 

 recognize his species with certainty. 



6. Nodonota denticollis, n. sp. — j*. Dark purplish, the antennae 

 and the legs fulvous , head finely and closely, thorax more 

 strongly punctured, the sides with a distinct tooth, elytra dark 

 blue, depressed at the base, finely punctured in irregular double 

 rows anteriorly. 



9 . Dark aeneous, elytra with three elongate tubercles at the 

 sides of the base. 



Length 4 mill. 



Mas. Head dark purplish, opaque, finely and closely punctured 

 and finely granulate, the spaces at the base of the antennae 

 smooth and shining, antennae very short, scarcely extending to 

 the base of the thorax, entirely fulvous, the terminal five joints 

 strongly dilated; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides obli- 

 quely narrowed toward the apex, with a protruding angle or 



