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fulvous, the other spécimen is entirely of the latter colour and the 

 type is one of intermediate coloration. 



NODOSTOMA ELONGATA sp. n. 



Below black, head and thorax obscure fulvous,spotted with black, 

 rugose, sides of thorax subangulate, elytra narrow and elongate, 

 closely punctate-striate, with basai dépression, testaceous, more or 

 less spotted with black, legs testaceous, the knees and the tarsi, 

 piceous. 



Length 4 mill. 



Of unusually elongate and parallel shape, the head deeply rugose- 

 punctate, fulvous, the vertex with a black spot, the intraocular 

 space with a Iransverse black band ; eyes large and prominent, 

 antennse long and slender, black, the lower two joints and the 

 extrême apex of the other joints flavous, first and second joint 

 slightly curved, this and the following two joints gradually elon- 

 gate; thorax about one half broader than long, narrowed in front, 

 the sides subangulate below the middle, the dise sculptured like the 

 head, the interstices everywhere strongly raised, forming also 

 small tubercles hère and there, the ground colour reddish fulvous 

 with a transverse black band in shape of m, scutellum black; 

 elytra slightly wider at the base than the thorax, parallel, distinctly 

 transversely depressed below the base, with deep rows of closely 

 placed dark punctures, forming somewhat irregular lines, the 

 interstices below the shoulders and the basai dépression marked 

 with small irregular placed black markings, the posterior portion 

 with another curved band forming a semicircle, or only indicated 

 sometimes by an anterior and posterior black spot, below black, 

 legs pale, elongate, the knees and the tibise more or less spotted 

 with black, the femora with a small tooth. 



The gênerai appearance of this species of which two spécimens 

 are before me, suggests the genus Colaspis, I know no Nodostoma of 

 similar elongate shape, but ail the generic characters peculiar to 

 this genus are présent, as the emarginale tibise, appendiculate 

 claws, etc. 



PSEUDOSTONOPA gen. n. (Eumolpid^). 



Body subquadrately ovate, antennse filiform, the second joint 

 longer than the third, eyes entire, clypeus not separated from the 

 face, its anterior edge triangularly emarginate, palpi very slender, 

 filiform, thorax transversely subquadrate, the sides evenly rounded, 

 the angles short but distinct, elytra not wider at the base than the 



