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obliquely deflexed in front. Scutellum trigonate. Elytra much 

 broader than the thorax, oblong, excavated below the basilar 

 space and within the humeral callus, the latter prominent ; strias 

 strongly punctured, entire, the puncturing finer near the apex. 



19. Nodostoma nigripes, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 12. 

 Subelongatum, convexum, rufo-fulvum, nitidum ; pedibus an- 

 tennisque (harum basi excepta) nigris ; thorace tenuiter re- 

 mote punctato ; elytris thorace latioribus, oblongis, infra 

 basin et intra callum humerale excavatis, hoc elevato, in 

 medio transversim depresso ; striis integris, tenuiter punc- 

 tatis ; femoribus subtus dente brevi armatis. 

 Long. 2| lin. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



Head slightly prominent, rather short, distantly punctured ; 

 epistome forming a single piece with the front, its anterior border 

 concave-emarginate, angles of the emargination produced, sub- 

 acute ; front impressed just above the eyes with a short longi- 

 tudinal fovea; jaws nigro-piceous ; antennae robust, gradually 

 thickened towards the apex, two basal joints fulvous. Thorax 

 about one third as broad again as long ; sides regularly rounded, not 

 converging in front, all the angles armed with a subacute tooth ; 

 surface smooth and shining, remotely punctured. Scutellum 

 longer than broad, its apex obtuse. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, oblong, deeply excavated below the basilar space and 

 within the humeral callus, the latter strongly thickened, divided 

 across the middle by a deep transverse depression ; strise entire, 

 finely punctured, punctures rather more strongly impressed on the 

 excavated portion of the surface. 



20. Nodostoma pictum, n. sp. 

 Anguste oblongum, convexum, pallida piceum, nitidum ; an- 

 tennis pedibusque fulvis, supra fulvo-piceis ; thorace sat 

 profunde punctato, lateribus pone medium obsolete angu- 

 latis, nigro-piceo-marginatis ; elytris fulvis, infra basin ex- 

 cavatis ; striis sat fortiter punctatis, sulcatis, interspatiis 

 convexis ; callo humerali elevato, postice in costam elevatam 

 prolongato ; lined suturali infra basin dilatatd, margine late- 



