108 NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 



tooth, sometimes nearly indistinct, below fulvous, the legs some- 

 times piceous, the prosternum very broad, smooth, 



Hab. Mandar, Bengal. 



In spite of the general resemblance to several other Eastern spe- 

 cies of Nodostoma I am unable to identify the present one with any 

 of those described, the nearest allied of which seems to be N. varia- 

 hile Duviv. likewise from Bengal, at least in regard to the shape and 

 punctuation of the thorax; the latter part agrees in its shape with 

 those species, forming a group, in which the sides are angulate 

 close to the base only, not at or below the middle; the type of 

 N. variahile has greenish-black elytra, but in the variety, the latter 

 are fulvous, the head and thorax in that species are however piceous 

 in colour and the antennae have only the basal three or four joints 

 fulvous; of the present insect, there are 46 specimens before me, 

 which show no difference in coloration except that of the legs which 

 in some specimens are piceous, in all the antennse are fulvous or 

 slightly stained with fuscous at the apical joints, lastly the femora 

 may almost be described as unarmed, so small are the. teeth. 



NODOSTOMA CARDONI n. sp. 



Pale fulvous, thorax angulate near the base, strongly punctured 

 at the sides, elytra with basal depression, strongly punctate-striate 

 anteriorly, a small spot within the depression and the lateral 

 margins anteriorly, greenish-black, anterior femora with a small 

 tooth. 



Var. Entirely fulvous. 



Length 4-5 mill. 



Head strongly punctured between the eyes, entirely fulvous, the 

 epistome not separated from the face, the vertex finely and remotely 

 punctured, antennae fulvous, thorax strongly transverse, angulate 

 close to the base, the sides strongly obliquely narrowed towards 

 the apex, the surface closely and strongly punctured at the sides, 

 more finely and remotely so at the middle, scutellum impunctate; 

 elytra with a deep depression below the base, the latter strongly 

 punctate-striate, the punctures smaller but distinct below the middle, 

 the interstices slightly rugose below the shoulders, the lateral mar- 

 gins below the latter place and a small round spot within the basal 

 depression, greenish-black. 



Hab. Mandar, Bengal (Gardon). 



N. Cardoni is very closely allied to N. bipunctatum Jac. from 

 Ceylon but in that species the thorax is finely punctured, the head 

 very sparingly so, the suture is black as well as the lateral margins 

 and the femora are all dentate; of the type two perfectly similar 



