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cavated below the basilar space and within the humeral callus, the 

 latter thickened ; striae strongly and coarsely punctured, less 

 strongly punctured behind the middle, striae on the outer disk sul- 

 cate, the interspaces thickened, those on the inner disk and towards 

 the apex nearly plane ; basilar space slightly thickened, more 

 finely punctured than the succeeding portion of the anterior 

 disk. 



44. Nodostoma affine, n. sp. 

 Oblongum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum, pedibus viridi-metal- 

 licis, supra viridi-metallicum, aeneo-micans ; antennis fili- 

 formibus, nigris, basi fulvis, articulo basali supra viridi-tincto ; 

 thorace in disci medio subremote et tenuiter, ad latera crebre 

 et profunde punctato, lateribus rotundatis, a basi ad apicem 

 convergentibus ; elytris thorace latioribus, subquadrato-ob- 

 longis, margine laterali distincte dilatato, convexis, infra 

 basin et intra callum humerale excavatis ; striis fortiter 

 punctatis, interspatiis fere planis, striis ad latera magis for- 

 titer et profunde impressis, interspatiis elevatis, spatio basilari 

 paullo elevato, minus fortiter punctato ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 1 — 1| lin. 

 Hab. Aru Islands, New Guinea. 



Very similar in form and coloration to N. pulchellum. Head 

 finely granulose ; labrum fulvous, not metallic ; sides of the 

 thorax rounded, not angulate ; its upper surface much more finely 

 punctured on the disk, interspaces not thickened. 



45. Nodostoma evancscens, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 13. 

 Oblongum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum ; thorace profunde 

 punctato, basi et lateribus viridi-metallicis ; elytris thorace 

 latioribus, parallelis, infra basin excavatis, fortiter punctato- 

 striatis, lined suturali, limbo laterali dilatato, fasciaque arcuata 

 infra basin posita, viridi-metallicis; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 1 lin. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



Head coarsely punctured ; anterior border of epistome angu- 

 late-emarginate ; labrum black ; antennae about half the length of 

 the body, moderately robust, black, four lower joints pieeous be- 

 neath. Thorax twice as broad as long; sides rounded, converging 

 in front, angulate just behind the middle, the angle slightly pro- 



