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somewhat strongly punctured, interspaces thickened, broadly 

 costate. 



58. Nodosloma frontale, n. sp. 

 Late oblongum, convexum, nigrum, supra purpureum ; capita 

 piceo-fulvo, facie inferiori picea, antennis extrorsum mandi- 

 buh'sque nigris ; thorace remote punctato, lateribus ante basin 

 angulatis, hinc ad apicem oblique convergentibus ; elytris 

 thorace vix latioribu<«, subquadrato-ovatis, margine laterali 

 paullo dilatato, convexis, infra basin excavatis, intra cal- 

 lum humerale sulcatis, striis integris, antice sat fortiter, 

 pone medium magis tenuiter punctatis, interspatiis obsolete 

 convexiusculis ; femoribus incrassatis, subtus dente brevi 

 armatis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hah, Malacca. 



Head slightly prominent, coarsely but not closely punctured ; 

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

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

 carpae not separated from the front ; labrum fulvous; eyes sub- 

 prominent ; antennae rather more than half the length of the body, 

 filiform, four basal joints fulvous, stained above with ])iceous. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides dilated and 

 obtusely angled just before the base, thence obliquely con- 

 verging to the apex ; above transversely convex, sides obliquely 

 deflexed in front ; anterior border abruptly constricted ; sur- 

 face finely and remotely punctured. Scutellum suopentagonal. 

 Elytra slightly broader than the thorax, convex, excavated be- 

 low the basilar space, sulcate within the humeral callus, the 

 latter thickened ; basilar space also raised ; striae entire, less 

 deeply punctured towards the apex ; interspaces slightly convex. 



59. Nodostoma diversipes, n. sp. 



Oblongum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum, femoribus nigro-piceis, 

 tibiis, tarsis antennisque pallide fiiivis; supra nigro-asneum ; 

 thorace lateribus rotundatis, ])rofunde punctato; elytris 

 thorace latioribus, infra basin excavatis, striis fortiter punc- 

 tatis, sulcatis, punctis apicem versus minus fortiter impressis, 

 interspatiis elevatis. 



Long. I — 1 lin. 



Hab. My sol. 



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