NODOSTELLA. 299 



514. Nodina rotundata, Motsch. Stud. Ent. 1858, p. 109. 



" Nearly the same size as N. pusilla, a little shorter and more 

 rounded. Thorax nearly triangular, posterior angles more strongly 

 pointed than in N. subdilatata, puncturation less deep, finer and 

 rather obsolete. Elytra with punctures and striae at apex more 

 obliterated. 



"Hab. India." (MotschMy.) 



Genus NODOSTELLA, nov. 



Elongate ; antenna? filiform, third joint twice as long as second, 

 following joints nearly of same length. Thorax broader than long, 

 lateral margins subangulately rounded behind the middle, surface 

 with some irregular depressions. Scutellum broadly ovate. Elytra 

 vider at base than thorax, elongate, punctate-striate. Legs slender ; 

 intermediate and posterior femora strongly emarginate at apex ; 

 tarsi and claw-joint elongate, claws appendiculate. Prosternum 

 longer than broad, widened at base, the latter straight. Anterior 

 margin of thoracic episternum concave. 



This genus, although very closely allied to Nodostoma, differs in 

 the elongate shape of the elytra, the less transverse and slightly 

 narrowed thorax with discoidal depressions, and in the shape of 

 the prosternum which is longer than broad, not transverse as in 

 Nodostoma. Several species formerly placed in the latter genus 

 should find a place in Nodostella, which is proposed for the recep- 

 tion of Nodostella elongata, Jac., previously placed in Nodostoma. 

 The sculpturing of the thorax and the elytra differs likewise from 

 any species of Nodostoma. 



515. Nodostella elongata, Jac. (Nodostoma) Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 



xlvii, 1903, p. 98. 



More or less piceous ; breast black ; head and thorax with some 

 obscure testaceous spots. Elytra testaceous, irregularly spotted 

 with black. 



Xarrowly elongate. Head closely rugose-punctate ; two spots 

 between the eyes, clypeus and labrum testaceous, rest black ; 

 antennae long and slender, basal two joints and apex of the others 

 flavous, third and fourth joints nearly equal, elongate, rest of 

 equal length. Thorax about half as broad again as long, sides 

 angulate behind the middle ; surface rather depressed, closely 

 covered with elongate reticulations, the interstices closely punc- 

 tured ; disc with some obscure depressions, varied more or less 

 with piceous and flavous. Scutellum black. Elytra wider at base 

 than the thorax, with a short depression below base, strongly and 

 closely punctate-striate, basal portion more irregularly punctured, 

 with a short costa near the shoulders: the markings very irregular, 

 in the more strongly marked specimens with an elongate spot at 

 base between shoulders and suture, some transverse narrow bands 



