NODOSTOMA. 319 



fasciatum, Jac. In one specimen from Toungoo, the thorax is 

 entirely impunctate and of more transverse shape than in another 

 from the same locality, which in addition has the thoracic sulcus 

 interrupted at the middle ; these differences are probably sexual 

 distinctions. 



551. Nodostoma nigro-bimarginatum, sp. n. 



Above fulvous : beneath black ; scutelluin, and sutural and 

 lateral margins of elytra narrowly black. 



Oblong. Head sparingly and finely punctured ; clypeus not 

 separated from the face, rather more strongly punctured, lateral 

 margins raised ; eyes large and prominent ; antennae moderately 

 long, fulvous, sixth and following joints distinctly shorter than the 

 preceding joints and very slightly thickened. Thorax scarcely 

 twice as broad as long, sides obtusely angulate behind the middle, 

 obliquely narrowed in front, anterior sulcus distinct at sides only ; 

 surface strongly but not very closely punctured at sides, more finely 

 punctured on disc. Elytra rather pointed at apex, somewhat deeply 

 transversely depressed at base, strongly punctate-striate on anterior 

 half, smooth posteriorly, a single row of deep punctures near 

 suture ; black margins of latter and of sides not quite extending to 

 apex. Femora unarmed. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Nilgiris. Tenasserim : Mergui. Type 

 in Brit. Mus. 



552. Nodostoma hampsoni, sp. n. 



Beneath black ; head and thorax obscurely fulvous, the latter 

 more or less with a greenish-aeneous tint ; elytra pale fulvous, 

 sutural and lateral margins black. 



Head with a few extremely minute punctures ; clypeus more 

 strongly punctate ; antennae slender, black, basal two joints 

 flavous. Thorax strongly transverse, subangulate near base, 

 anterior sulcus distinct at the sides only, surface rather strongly 

 but not very closely punctured. Elytra with deep transverse 

 depression below base, distinctly punctured within the depression 

 only, rest of surface nearly impunctate ; a short, oblique row of 

 punctures from shoulders to lateral margins, the latter narrowly 

 black on the middle portion only, sutural margins narrowly black 

 or piceous from base to apex. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Nilgiris (Hampson). Type in Brit. Mus. 



Differs from N. leivisi, Jac., as follows : the basal two joints of 

 the antennae only flavous. a row of punctures from shoulders to 

 margins and the underside black. 



553. Nodostoma latefasciatum, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; antennae (basal joints excepted) and a broad sutural 

 band on elytra black. 



