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more distinctly costate, the thorax is rather more finely and 

 closely punctured, but markings and sculpture vary a good deal. 

 In some specimens there is a transverse elytra! piceous band 

 behind the middle, in others this is replaced by spots ; the thorax 

 is also sometimes without the piceous band, and the only distin- 

 guishing characters are the short and transverse shape of the 

 thorax and its fine and close puncturation. 



537. Nodostoma cardoni, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Bely. vii, 1900. 



p. 108. 



Pale fulvous ; elytra with a spot below base and the lateral 

 margins anteriorly greenish-black. 



Head remotely punctured, punctures finer on the vertex than 

 in the middle ; antennae pale fulvous, third and fourth joints 

 equal. Thorax short and strongly transverse, sides angulate 

 close to base, strongly obliquely narrowed in front, anterior sulcus 

 deep and entire; surface strongly punctured, punctures more closely 

 placed and rather larger on the sides than on the disc. Elytra 

 oblong, parallel-sided, deeply depressed below base, strongly punc- 

 tate-striate, punctures deep and closely placed anteriorly, nearly 

 obsolete at apex, interstices slightly convex. 



Var. Entirely fulvous. 



Length 4-5 mm. 



Hob. Bengal : Mandar. 



Very similar in size and colour to N. bipunctatum, Jac. but 

 flavous beneath, the thorax and elytra much more strongly punc- 

 tured, puncturation of latter distinct to apex, not obsolescent behind 

 the middle, interstices raised. Differs from N. longicorne, Jac. in 

 the shorter antenna? and the strongly punctured thorax. 



Interstices of elytra not costate, often tvith longitudinal bands 

 or transverse spots. 



538. Nodostoma concinnicoUe, Saly, Cistula Ent. ij, 1880, p. 373. 



Pale piceous ; antennae and legs fulvous ; elytra fulvous with 

 the lateral margins and two spots black. 



Head coarsely and deeply punctured, punctures on the extreme 

 vertex closely crowded ; antennae slender, filiform, second joint 

 three-fourths the length of the third, the latter two-thirds the length 

 of the fourth. Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides 

 acutely angulate just in front of base, abruptly incurved just before 

 apex, apical angle obtuse, hinder angle armed with a lateral tooth ; 

 disc closely covered with large, round and deep punctures, on either 

 side are a few short suberect griseous hairs. Scutellum longer 

 than broad. Elytra convex, transversely depressed below basilar 

 space, strongly punctate-striate ; on the transverse depression and 

 also below the shoulders the puncturation is confused; interstices 



