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tenuiter punctatis, punctis infra basin magnis, profundius im- 

 pressis, interspatiis planis ; femoribus modice incrassatis, 

 niuticis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Celebes. 



Head short, finely and remotely punctured ; epistome not sepa- 

 rated from the front, its lower half coarsely and closely punc- 

 tured, anterior border subangulate-emarginate ; jaws black ; 

 encarpae separated from the front by a punctured groove ; an- 

 tennae filiform, more than half the length of the body, five lower 

 joints obscure fulvous, two outer joints yellowish-white. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long; sides rounded, converging in front, all 

 the angles tuberculate ; upper surface with its anterior border 

 bounded within by a transverse groove, very minutely and dis- 

 tantly punctured. Scutellum semiovate, its apex very obtuse. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, similar in form to those of A'^. 

 imperiale, finely punctured, the punctures on the subbasilar de- 

 pression, and along the suture in front, larger and more deeply 

 impressed ; interspaces plane. 



50. Nodostoma antkracinum, n. sp. 

 Breviter oblongum, ovatum, convexum, caer uleo-nigrum, nitidum ; 

 thorace lateribus rotundatis, a basi ad apicem convergentibus, 

 profunde punctato, punctis in disci medio hie illic sparse con- 

 gregatis, ad latera crebre dispositis, interspatiis elevato-reti- 

 culatis ; elytris thorace latioribus, convexis, margine laterali 

 paullo dilatatis, infra basin late excavatis ; striis integris, sat 

 fortiter punctatis, punctis striarum intermediarum minus for- 

 titer impressis ; interspatiis prope suturam obsolete convexius- 

 culis, disco intermedio planis, prope marginem exteriorem 

 costatis ; femoribus incrassatis, muticis ; tarsis fulvis. 

 Long. 1| lin. 

 Hab. Singapore. 



Head short, coarsely punctured ; anterior border of epistome 

 concave-emarginate ; labrum black ; antennae fihform, black, ful- 

 vous at the base ; encarpae thickened, separated from the front by 

 a shallow groove. Thorax nearly twice as broad at the base as 

 long ; sides rounded and converging from base to apex ; above 

 transversely convex, sides deflexed in front, deeply punctured, 

 punctures distant on the middle disk, larger and crowded on the 

 sides, interspaces on the sides elevate-reticulate. Scutellum 



