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bre profunde punctato, interstitiis irregulariter elevato-stri- 

 gosis ; elytris infra basin et intra callum humerale sat pro- 

 funde excavatis, fortiter punctato-striatis, striis antice sul- 

 catis, apicem versus minus distincte punctatis, interspatiis 

 convexiusculis ; femoribus inermibus. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Tondano. 



Plead slightly elongate, very coarsely punctured ; anterior mar- 

 gin of epistome deeply and broadly angulate-emarginate, angles of 

 the notch acute ; labrum black ; antennae slender, nigro-piceous, 

 four or five basal joints obscure fulvous, stained above with pice- 

 ous ; jaws rather prominent, black. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad at the base as long ; sides rounded at the extreme base, 

 thence obliquely converging to the apex ; surface transversely 

 convex, covered with numerous irregularly reticulating long 

 elevated strigae, their interspaces impressed with large deep punc- 

 tures ; just behind the anterior margin is a transverse groove. 

 Elytra broadly oblong, punctate-striate, the striae deeply punc- 

 tured, distinctly sulcate in front, more finely punctured poste- 

 riorly ; basilar space bounded externally and below by a deep 

 groove ; humeral callus thickened, divided transversely by a deep 

 punctate groove. 



39. Nodostoma nigroceneum, n, sp. 

 Ovatum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum, supra obscure aeneo-ni- 

 grum ; pedibus caeruleo-aeneo-tinctis ; antennis filiformibus, 

 nigris, basi pallide piceis ; thorace subcrebre profunde 

 punctato, interspatiis ad latera elevato-reticulatis, lateribus 

 rotundatis, a basi ad apicem convergentibus ; elytris thorace 

 latioribus, breviter oblongis, convexis, margine laterali paullo 

 incrassatis, infra basin et intra callum humerale excavatis ; 

 striis leviter sulcatis, ante medium fortiter, pone medium 

 magis tenuiter punctatis, interspatiis leviter convexiusculis; 

 femoribus incrassatis, muticis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Tondano. 



Head coarsely and deeply punctured ; anterior margin of epi- 

 stome angulate-emarginate, angles of the notch subacute; antennae 

 filiform, more than half the length of the body, four lower joints 

 pale piceous ; jaws slightly prominent, black ; labrum black, its 

 anterior border fulvous. Thorax twice as broad as long ; sides 



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