NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 107 



the third and following joints very elongate, thorax of the same 

 shape as in N. mandarense, the sides rather strongly and closely, 

 the middle more remotely punctured ; elytra likewise similarly 

 punctured and with the same basal depression as in M. mandarense, 

 the suture with a rather broad greenish-black band, narrowed pos- 

 teriorly and abbreviated below the middle, the sides with a similar 

 band, not quite extending to the apex; below and the legs fulvous, 

 the breast sometimes black. 



Hah. Mandar, Bengal. 



Closely allied to N. nigrofasciatum Jac. but the thorax angulate 

 close to the base and much more strongly punctured as well as the 

 elytra, the bands of the latter very strongly marked, greenish-black 

 and the sutural one suddenly abbreviated posteriorly, there are six 

 specimens before me and as none show any intermediate stage 

 between this species and A', mandarense I cannot look upon the 

 latter as merely an unicolorous variety of the banded form, espe- 

 cially as the thorax is more strongly and closely punctured in 

 N. abhreviatum. In N. hengalense Duv. which has also a black sutu- 

 ral band, the elytra are almost without punctures, except near 

 the suture. 



NODOSTOMA MANDARENSE n. sp. 



Entirely paler or darker fulvous, the thorax finely or more strong- 

 ly punctured, the sides strongly oblique, angulate near the base, 

 elytra with distinct basal depression, strongly punctate-striate ante- 

 riorly, more finely so posteriorly, the punctures distinct to the 

 apex. 



Length 4 1/2-5 mill. 



Of very convex shape, the head finely and rather remotely punc- 

 tured in the male, more strongly so in the female, the epistome not 

 distinctly separated from the face but the line of division more strong- 

 ly punctured, the anteniise extending beyond the middle of the 

 elytra, entirely fulvous; thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 the sides strongly oblique and forming a distinct angle near the 

 base, the surface with the usual transverse groove near the anterior 

 margin, finely but not closely punctured, the punctures scarcely 

 more widely separated at the middle, elytra not wider at the base 

 than the thorax, very convex, strongly transversely depressed below 

 the base, with regular row3 of punctures, distinct to the apex and, 

 as usual, more strongly impressed within the depression than at 

 the rest of the surface, each puncture generally surrounded by a 

 piceous ring, the punctuation extending upwards to the base, the 

 shoulders very prominent, femora robust, with an extremely minute 



