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four joints fulvous, basal joint black above. Thorax half as broad 

 again as long, rather convex ; sides strongly angulate behind 

 the middle, greatly narrowed anteriorly ; anterior sulcus entire ; 

 surface convex, rather strongly, evenly and closely punctured. 

 Elytra oblong, wider at base than the thorax, deeply transversely 

 sulcate below base, strongly punctate-striate ; striae closely approxi- 

 mate at the sides, slightly finer at apex ; interstices with some 

 minute punctures. Legs and breast more or less aeneous ; flanks of 

 thorax finely and sparingly punctured. 



5 . Thorax twice as broad as long, punctu ration partly sub- 

 strigose at sides, very close ; elytral puncturation rather finer. 



Length 4-6 mrn. 



Hob. Southern Bombay : Kanara. 



Differs from N. denticolle, Jac. in having only the basal joints of 

 the antennae fulvous, the rest dark ; in the much less wide thorax 

 of the male and its puncturation, which is distinctly less closely 

 placed. In N. denticoHe the antennae are entirely fulvous and the 

 thorax in both sexes is strongly transverse. 



519. Nodostoma fulvicorne, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, 1904 , 



p. 387. 



Metallic green, blue or cupreous ; antenna? pale fulvous ; tarsi 

 piceous. 



Head remotely and moderately strongly punctured, obliquely 

 grooved at sides of clypeus, the latter strongly punctured ; labrum 

 fulvous ; antennae with the terminal joints rather short and 

 thickened. Thorax twice as broad as long, lateral margins strouglv 

 angulate at base, anterior margin accompanied by a deep transverse 

 groove ; surface very finely and remotely punctured on the disc T 

 sides confluently foveolate-punctate. Scutelluin with a few fine 

 punctures. Elytra with rather deep transverse depression at base, 

 finely punctate-striate, punctures still finer at the apex. Beneath 

 metallic greenish or bluish. All the femora armed with a very 

 minute tooth. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hah. Southern India : Nilgiris ; Anaimalais. 



Sufficiently distinguished by the pale coloured antennae and the 

 difference between the deep lateral punctures on the thorax and 

 the fine punctures on the disc. 



520. Nodostoma capitatum, Jac. Ann. Mug. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 



p. 899. 



Metallic green ; antennae (basal joints excepted), tibiae, tarsi and 

 abdomen blackish ; elytra purplish. 



Head closely and strongly punctured throughout, interstices 

 transversely rugose ; clypeus continuous with the face, anterior 

 edge deeply emarginate ; labrum fulvous ; antennae black, fili- 

 form, basal four joints fulvous, apical joints in the only specimen 

 known wanting. Thorax about half as broad again as long ; 



