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Head coarsely but not closely punctured ; epistome forming a 

 single piece with the front, its anterior border broadly concave- 

 emarginate. Thorax about half as broad again as long ; sides 

 rounded, slightly converging in front, all the angles armed with a 

 subacute tooth ; above transversely convex, coarsely and irregu- 

 larly but somewhat remotely punctured. Scutellum rather longer 

 than broad, semiovate. Elytra broader than the thorax, ob- 

 long. 



8. Nodostoma Cumingii, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec, Phyt. p. 14. 



Elongatum, valde convexum, viridi-seneura, nitido-piceum ; an- 

 tennis nigris, basi fulvis; thorace subremote punctato, late- 

 ribus rotundatis, medio obsolete angulatis ; elytris infra 

 basin late transversim excavatis et plaga violaceo-metallica, 

 notatis, humeris prominulis, fortiter punctato-striatis, striis 

 supra spatium basilare minus fortiter impressis, pone medium 

 fere deletis ; pedibus modice elongatis, piceo-aeneis ; femo- 

 ribus (apice excepto) rufis, subtus dente acuto armatis. 

 Lons;. 2 lin. 

 Hab, Manilla. 



Head distinctly punctured ; epistome forming a single piece 

 with the front, its anterior border broadly concave-emarginate, 

 sides straight and parallel ; eyes prominent. Thorax rather more 

 than half as broad again as long; sides rounded, nearly straigljt 

 and parallel at the base, converging in front, very indistinctly 

 angled in the middle ; upper surface deeply and coarsely but not 

 closely punctured, bounded within the anterior border by a shal- 

 low transverse groove, which extends entirely across the thorax. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, deeply excavated below 

 the basilar space, distinctly sulcate within the humeral callus, the 

 latter thickened ; surface deeply and strongly punctate-striate ; 

 striae less strongly punctured on the basilar space, which is slightly 

 thickened, very finely punctured and indistinct on the hinder disk ; 

 on the transverse excavation, below the basilar space, is a sinall 

 violaceous patch. 



9. Nodostoma pallidum, Baly. 



(iV. pallida), Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 13, 

 Elongatum, convexum, pallide fulvum, nitidum ; thorace pro- 

 funde excavato-punctato, ante apicem constricto, lateribus 



