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So. Nudostoma ceneomicans, n. sp. 

 Ovatum, valde convexum, viridi-metallicum, supra aeneo-mi- 

 cans, nitidiim; abdomine nigro-aeneo ; antennis nigris, basi 

 tulvis; thorace sat fortiter subremote punctato, lateiibus fere 

 rectis, oblique convergentibus ; elytris thorace paullo latiori- 

 bus, limbo exteriori paullo incrassato, infra basin leviter 

 excavatis, foititer punctato-striatis, striis leviter sulcatis, 

 pone medium minus fortiter impressis, interspatiis obsolete 

 convexiusculis, tenuissime remote punctatis ; femoribus mu- 

 ticis. 

 Long. 1 1 lin. 

 Hab. Malacca. 



Head deeply inserted in the tliorax, distantly punctured ; epi- 

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

 deeply angulate-emarginate, angles of the notch produced, acute ; 

 encarpae separated from the front by a shallow groove ; labrum 

 nigro-piceous ; jaws black. Thorax rather more than twice as 

 broad as long ; sides nearly straight, obliquely converging from 

 base to apex ; upper surface subremotely impressed with large 

 round punctures ; just behind the anterior border is a deep trans- 

 verse groove. Scutellum broader than long, subpentagonal. 

 Elytra rather broader than the thorax, convex, lateral border 

 narrowly dilated ; excavated below the basilar space, slightly sul- 

 cate within the humeral callus, the latter thickened ; striae very 

 slightly sulcate, strongly and coarsely punctured on the anterior 

 disk, more finely punctured behind the middle ; the interspaces 

 slightly convex. 



36. Nodostoma nitidum, n. sp. 

 Oblongo-ovatum, viridi-metallicum, supra aeneo-micans, niti- 

 dum ; antennis nigris, basi fulvis ; thorace tenuiter subremote 

 punctato, lateribus rotundatis, paullo dilatatis, in medio obso- 

 lete augulatis ; elytris thorace latioribus, infra basin leviter 

 excavatis, striis integris, distincte. punctatis, interspatiis 

 planis ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. It lin. 

 Hab. Sarawak. 



Head short, very slightly exserted, distinctly but remotely 

 punctured ; epistome forming a single piece with the front, its 

 anterior border concave-emarginate, angles of the notch not pro- 

 duced, very obtuse ; encarpae separated from the front by a dis- 



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