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the interstices sparingly clothed with whitish hairs, the middle 

 with a sraall elongate black spot; eljtra shining, rather elongate, 

 strongly punctate-striate with a very shallow dépression below 

 the base, the punctures nearly as strong at the apex than at the 

 base, the interstices more or less costate anteriorly, the suture 

 with a black anteriorly divided stripe extending as far as the 

 middle, another black spot is placed below the middle of each 

 elytron, anterior feraora strongly dilated, tibiae widened at the 

 apex, breast sometimes piceous. 



Hab. Madura, Madras Presidency. 



This species will be at once recognized by the sculpturing and 

 pubescence of the thorax which is also found in a Japanese species 

 [N. Mrticolle Baly) but that insect is black; in the varieties before 

 me, there is either only a trace visible of the black markings or 

 the latter are entirely absent; it is possible that there are other 

 varieties in which the black prédominâtes more or less. 



Nodostoma discicoUe n. sp. 



Fui vous, thorax with two large discoidal black spots, very closely 

 punctured like the head, the sides subangulate near the base, elytra 

 with basai dépression, strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, nearly 

 impunctate posteriorly, the dépression with a small piceous spot. 



Length 1 i/^i line. 



Head strongly and closely punctured, clypeus not separated from 

 the face, punctured like the head, antennse slender, fulvous, the 

 terminal joints slightly stained with piceous, the third joint half 

 the length of the fourth, vertex of the head sometimes with a small 

 dark spot, thorax nearly three times broader than long, the sides 

 rather strongly roiinded, very obtusely angulate near the base, the 

 posterior angles obsolète, the anterior ones slightly thickened, the 

 surface very closely and finely punctured on the dise, the sides 

 near the margins more strongly punctured, the middle with a 

 narrow longitudinal smooth line, the dise almost entirely occupied 

 by two large black patches which are only divided by the above 

 smooth narrow space at the middle, but leaving the margins of the 

 ground colour ; scutellum fulvous, its apex broadly rounded; elytra 

 with deep and closely placed rows of punctures at the sides, more 

 finely punctured near the suture, the punctures almost entirely 

 obliterated beiow the apex, the base with a transverse dépression 

 in which a small black spot is placed, a similar spot is seen at the 

 sides below the shoulders as well as a short oblique costa; under- 

 side and legs fulvous, the knees and the sides of the breast someti- 

 mes marked with piceous. 



3ah. Kanara, S. Bombay. April. 



