316 CHRYSOMELID.E. 



Hab. Burma : Paungde (Coll. H. E. Andrcwes). 



Similar in coloratiou to ^V. bipunctatum, Jac., smaller, the 

 thorax much more strongly punctured ; elytra with rows of 

 coarse punctures, continued and becoming finer posteriorly ; 

 femora unarmed. 



545. Nodostoma nigrofasciatum, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvii, 



1889, p. 163. 



$ . Fulvous or testaceous ; apical joints of antennae black ; 

 elytra with sutural and lateral black margins. 



Head Avith a few extremely fine punctures ; clypeus very obso- 

 letely separated from the face, deeply semicircularly emarginate in 

 front, bidentate at the sides ; antennae long and slender, third 

 joint much shorter than the fourth. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 sides very prominently angulate behind the middle, the tooth slightly 

 flattened, anterior sulcus deep at sides, obsolete at middle ; surface 

 finely and remotely but more distinctly punctured than the head. 

 Scutellum rather elongate and pointed. Elytra distinctly wider 

 at base than the thorax, broadly ovate, basal portion and shoulders 

 highly raised, a short oblique costa from the shoulders to the 

 margin, raised portion of base with deep depression below, sjudded 

 with a few deep punctures, rest of the surface very finely and 

 irregularly punctured. 



Var. Elytra black. 



Length 4 mm. 



ffab. Bengal : Mandar. Burma : Bharno, Teinzo. 



JV. nirjrofasciatum may be distinguished by the acutely produced 

 sides of the thorax and the sparse and fine puncturation of this 

 part, also by the irregularly arranged elytra! punctures on the 

 posterior half, a rare character in these insects ; the coloration is, 

 however, very variable. Another mark of distinction is the short 

 third joint of the antennae as compared with the fourth. 



Elytra partly or almost entirely impunctate. 



546. Nodostoma dharwarense, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; elytra with a short 

 longitudinal stripe at base, a narrow sutural and broader lateral 

 band, black. 



Head distinctly punctured at vertex, rest of surface sparingly 

 punctate ; clypeus not separated from the face ; antennas with the 

 second joint nearly as long as the first, third slightly longer than the 

 second but shorter than the fourth joint. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, sides distinctly angulate below middle, anterior sulcus narrow, 

 deep and entire ; disc irregularly but somewhat closely impressed 

 with shallow punctures, not extending to the sides. Elytra ovate, 

 with a short depression below base, the latter only distinctly punc- 

 tured, rest of surface very obsoletely so, a short black stripe from 



