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27. Nodostoma ciipripenne, n. sp. 

 Elongatiim, convexum, obscure seneum, nitidum ; antennis tar- 

 sisque obscure fulvis ; thorace subremote punctato, lateribus 

 rotundatis, in medio angulatis ; elytris cupreis, thorace vix 

 latioribus, oblongis, parallelis, infra basin non excavatis, for- 

 titer piinctato-striatis, striis pone medium indistinctis, in- 

 terspatiis planis ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 1 ^ lin. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Front slightly convex, deeply and irregularly but not very 

 closely punctured ; epistome forming a single piece with the 

 front, its anterior border trisinuate ; jaws rufo-piceous, the apex 

 black. Thorax twice as broad as long ; lateral border slightly 

 dilated, its middle distinctly angled ; surface deeply and coarsely 

 but subremotely punctured. Elytra scarcely broader than the 

 thorax, oblong, parallel, not excavated below the basilar space ; 

 on the outer disk in front are a few faint transverse wrinkles ; 

 striae strongly punctured in front, indistinct behind the middle, 

 nearly obsolete towards the apex. 



28. Nodostoma cupreatum, n. sp. 

 Subelongatum, convexum, fusco-asneum, nitidum, supra cu- 

 preum ; antennis subfiliformibus, nigris, basi fulvis ; thorace 

 fortiter subremote punctato, lateribus pauUo dilatatis, rotun- 

 datis, in medio distincte angulatis ; elytris thorace panllo 

 latioribus, oblongis, infra basin vix excavatis, striis integris, 

 fortiter punctatis ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 1 2 lin. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Head remotely punctured ; epistome forming a single piece 

 with the front, its anterior border subangulate-emarginate ; middle 

 of the front impressed with a faint longitudinal groove ; encarpae 

 separated from the front by a deep longitudinal groove ; labrum 

 obscure fulvous; jaws piceous, their apex black ; antennas subfili- 

 form, half the length of the body, seven outer joints slightly com- 

 pressed, black, four lower joints obscure fulvous. Thorax rather 

 more than twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, distinctly 

 angled in the middle ; anterior and posterior angles each armed 

 with an obtuse tooth ; lateral border narrowly dilated ; upper 

 surface deeply but subremotely punctured. Scutellum broadly 



