106 NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 



tinctly punctured anteriorly only, the punctures obsolete below the 

 middle. 



Length 2-2 1/2 mill. 



Head with a few remotely placed punctures, the epistome similarly 

 punctured, not separated from the face, lower joints of the antennae 

 testaceous, the rest wanting, the third joint scarcely longer than 

 the second one but much thinner, thorax more than twice broader 

 than long, very little narrowed anteriorly, the sides angulate near 

 the base, the surface finely and somewhat closely punctured, with 

 the usual transverse groove near the anterior margin, the punctures 

 at the sides not more closely placed but slightly larger than those 

 at the middle, elytra rather elongate, with a deep depression below 

 the base, strongly punctured as usual anteriorly, much more finely 

 so below the middle, the shoulders with a short oblique costa exten- 

 ding to the lateral margins. 



Hab. Barway, Mandar, Bengal. 



This little species has but few characters to distinguish it from 

 many others of similar uniform coloration, but in most of these 

 the head and thorax are strongly punctured or where this is not the 

 case, the punctuation is remote; in N. Weisei the thorax is much 

 less narrowed in front than is usually the case and its punctuation 

 is fine and rather close although somewhat variable in the latter 

 respect; seven specimens are contained in this collection which 

 agree in the main structural characteristics. 



NODOSTOMA BIPUNCTATUM JaC. 



There are several specimens from Mandar contained in this collec- 

 tion which agree near enough with the typical form originally des- 

 cribed from Ceylon, to consider them to be identical, they differ 

 however in having the entire disc of the thorax more os less piceous 

 and the breast black; at this seems to be the only difierence, it is 

 probably due to local variation. 



NODOSTOMA ABBREVIATUM n. sp. 



Fulvous, the thorax angulate near the base, the sides closely, the 

 middle, remotely punctured, elytra with deep basal depression, the 

 latter strongly punctured, a broad sutural stripe, abbreviated below 

 the middle and the sides, greenish-black, legs unarmed. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head remotely but deeply punctured, the epistome not separated 

 from the face, rather more strongly and closely punctured, labrum 

 fulvous, antennse fulvous (the terminal joints sometimes fuscous), 



