NODINA. 293 



499. Nodina crassipes, sp. n. 



Obscure aeneous ; legs more or less dark fulvous ; underside 

 blackish. 



Head closely and finely punctured, a short oblique groove above 

 both eyes ; clypeus not separated from the face, punctured like the 

 head ; antennas obscure dark fulvous, with strongly thickened ter- 

 minal joints. Thorax about two and a half times broader than long, 

 sides feebly rounded ; surface very closely punctured, puncturation 

 scarcely stronger than that on the head. Scutellum broad, sub- 

 ovate. Elytra regularly punctate-striate, the punctures distinct 

 to apex, last row of punctures in front of the shoulders obliquely 

 curved ; interstices flat. Legs very robust ; femora strongly 

 thickened ; tibiae and tarsi fulvous, the former strongly widened 

 at apex. 



Length 2| mai. 



Hub. Mussoorie (7500 ft.) (Colls. Departm. of Agricult. India $ 

 Jacoby). 



Can be distinguished by the robust and thickened legs and their 

 coloration. 



500. Nodina rufipes, sp. n. 



Beneath blackish, above greenish-cupreous; antenna? and legs 

 reddish-fulvous. 



Oblong, rather short. Head extremely minutely and rather 

 distantly punctured, sides distinctly sulcate above the eyes.-; 

 anterior margin of the clypeus concave ; labrum fulvous ; terminal 

 joints of antennas strongly thickened. Thorax finely and closely 

 punctured, the punctures at the sides however well separated, 

 nearly obsolete ; lateral margins very feebly rounded. Sutellum 

 impunctate, bluish. Elytra comparatively strongly and regularly 

 punctate-striate. Prosternum much broader than long, with a 

 few fine punctures. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. Burma: Momeit (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



Differs from JV. indica, Jac., in the finely punctured thorax, the 

 sides of which are nearly smooth, also in the less elongated body. 



501. Nodina nigrilabrum, sp. n. 



Greenish-cupreous or aaneous ; basal joints of antennae and legs 

 fulvous ; labrum dark. 



cJ. Head very finely and rather distinctly punctured, with 

 distinct oblique sulcus in front of eyes ; mandibles robust ; antennas 

 extending to middle of elytra, basal five or six joints fulvous, rest 

 black, third joint much slenderer and shorter than second. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long, sides straight at base, rounded in front ; 

 surface closely and distinctly punctured, puncturation rather more 

 dense at the sides. Elytra ovate, regularly punctate-striate, 



