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Smaller than the other two species known from India and diffe- 

 ring in Ihe uniform dark fulvous coloration. 



NODOSTOMA FULVICORNE sp. n. 



Metallic green, blue or cupreons, the antennae pale fulvous, tho- 

 rax finely punclured on the dise, foveolate punctate at the sides, 

 elytra with basai dépression, finely punctate-striale, femora minu- 

 tely dentate. 



Lenglh 4 mill, 



Head remotely and nioderately strongly punctured, rather obso- 

 letely obliqueiy grooved at the sides of the clypeus, the latter 

 strongly punctured, labrum fulvous, antennae tlavous or pale fulvous, 

 the apex of the last joint fuscous, terminal joints rather short and 

 thickened, tliorax Iwice as broad as long, the latéral margins stron- 

 gly angulate near the base, the anterior margin accompanied by a 

 deep transverse groove, the surface very finely and remotely punc- 

 tured at the dise, the sides confluentiy foveolate-punctate, scutel- 

 lum with a few fine punctures, elytra with a rallier deep transverse 

 dépression below the base, finely punctate-striate, the punctures atill 

 finer near the apex, under side and legs metallic greenish or bluish, 

 the tarsi piceous, ail the femora armed with a very minute tooth. 



Hab. Anamalais, also Nilgiri Hills. On low herbage in May and 

 June. 



Amongst the numerous species of this genus, there are but few 

 which hâve entirely pale coloured antennse and none in which the 

 thorax is sculptured like the présent one, the différence in the deep 

 foveolate sides and the fine punctures at the dise is very great. 



CLEOPORUS VARIEGATUS sp. n. 



Flavous, thorax finely punctured, with a transverse black band, 

 elytra regularly punctate-striate, a small spot at the base and an 

 elongate suturai spot at the middle, piceous. 



Var. Thorax and elytra without spots. 



Length 3-5 mill. 



Head finely punctured, flavous, the base of the verlex more or 

 less black or with a central black spot, epistoine broadly transverse, 

 scarcely separated from the face, strongly punctured, antennse 

 black, slender, the lower four joints flavous, the third joint shorter 

 thaii the fourth, thorax nearly twice as broad as long, the sides 

 rounded, the surface very finely and rather closely punclured, fla- 

 vous, with a narrow transverse piceous band at the middle, strongly 

 constricted at each end, elytra elongale, with a shallow basai dépres- 

 sion, flavous, punclale-striate, the punctures finer towardsthe apex, 



