296 CHBTSOMELID^E. 



and closely punctured throughout. Elytra oblong with feeble 

 depression below base, very strongly punctate-striate, punctures 

 rather more feeble towards the apex ; a strongly raised short costa 

 from the humeral callus to the margins, preceded by another 

 shorter costa below the shoulders. Tarsi rather elongate. Pro- 

 sternum longer than broad, surface slightly concave, sparingly 

 punctured. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hob. Manipur (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



The strong puncturation of thorax and elytra and the two lateral 

 costa3 on the latter separate this species from all others. 



507. Nodina tarsalis, Duriv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bdy. xxxvi, 1892, p. 409. 



Underside, femora and tibia? black ; labrum, palpi, antennae and 

 tarsi fulvous ; above bluish-black ; thorax sometimes aeneous or 

 cupreous. 



Head finely punctured, with groove near the posterior margin 

 of eyes ; clypeus subquadrate, emarginate anteriorly ; antennae 

 with slightly thickened terminal joints. Thorax transverse, sides 

 rounded in front ; surface very finely punctured, punctures placed 

 at equal distances ; a fine groove, partly punctured, parallel with 

 basal margin. Elytra regularly rounded, narrowly margined at 

 sides, feebly narrowed posteriorly, very convex, puuctate-striate ; 

 punctures fine, obsolete near sides and apex ; interstices very finely 

 rugose. 



Length 1| mm. 



Hub. Bengal : Mandar ; Malabar : Mahe. 



The specimens I possess from the same locality have all the 

 head and thorax obscure aeneous or cupreous, but agree fairly well 

 with the author's description of the typical form. 



508. Nodina belgaumensis, S p. n. 



Beneath black, above obscure aeneous ; antennae and tarsi fulvous. 



Head entirely im punctate; clypeus not separated from the face ; 

 antennae short, terminal joints strongly thickened, last joint oblong, 

 ovately thickened. Thorax twice as broad as long or rather broader ; 

 sides strongly deflexed, lateral margins feebly rounded, surface 

 entirely impunctate. Elytra finely punctate-striate ; flanks of thorax 

 impunctate. Intermediate and posterior tibiae strongly emarginate 

 at apex. 



Length If mm. 



Hob. Southern Bombay: Belgaum. Type in Coll. H. E. 

 Andre wes. 



Distinguishable from other forms by the entirely impunctate 

 head, colour of legs, &c. 



