NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 105 



the anterior legs in connection with the rounded sides of the 

 thorax almost entitle the species to a special genus, but as this 

 roundness of the thorax is also occasionally found to a greater or 

 smaller degree in other species of the genus and the elongate 

 legs, etc., may only be a male character I have left the insect in 

 Nostostonia. 



NODOSTOMA IRREGULARE n. sp. 



Fulvous, the terminal joints of the antennae black, head and 

 thorax strongly and closely punctured, the latter angulate near the 

 base, elytra metallic dark green or aeneous, very strongly and clo- 

 sely punctate-striate, with four more or less distinct longitudinal 

 smooth spaces. 



Length 6 mill. 



Head closely punctured, rugosely punctate between the eyes, the 

 clypeus not separated, its anterior edge deeply concave, antennae 

 long and slender, black, the lower three or four joints fulvous, third 

 joint twice the length of the second, thorax strongly transverse, 

 much narrowed anteriorly, the sides strongly angulate below the 

 middle, the anterior portion obliquely narrowed, the surface with a 

 transverse, distinctly punctured groove near the anterior margin, 

 closely and strongly punctured at the sides, more remotely so, at 

 the middle, scutellum fulvous, impunctate, broad, elytra distinctly 

 depressed below the base, very strongly and closely punctate- 

 striate, with four smooth raised, narrow spaces or costse, under side 

 and legs fulvous, the femora armed with a small tooth. 



Hab. Burmah. (Collection M' Andrewes and my own.) 



There will be no difficulty in distinguishing this species from 

 others of similar coloration on account of the strong and close 

 punctuation of the elytra and their smooth interspaces; I know of 

 no other species with a similar sculpture, which at the sides may 

 almost be called irregular, so closely the punctures are placed. In 

 one specimen the upper surface is seneous in colour with the excep- 

 tion of the fulvous head; the tooth at the sides of the thorax is very 

 distinct, but the punctuation of the latter varies in strength, being a 

 good deal less strong in some specimens than in others. 



NODOSTOMA WEISEI n. sp. 



Subelongate, testaceous, head very sparingly punctured, thorax 

 short and transverse, very finely and somewhat closely punctured, 

 angulate near the base, elytra with deep basal depression, dis- 



