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punctate-striate, puncturation much finer near apex ; femora with 

 a minute teoth. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hub. Ceylon: Dikoya. 



The depression of the elytra is much less marked than in most 

 other species, the antennae are very long, and the general shape 

 is elongate. 



556. Nodostoma puncticolle, Lefev. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1889, 



p. 295. 



Var. Nodostoma birmanicum, Juc. Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, xxxii, 

 1892, p. 898. 



Obscure fulvous ; labrum and palpi darker ; basal four joints of 

 antennae fulvous, rest fuscous. 



Head sparsely punctured, punctures large and deep on clypeus. 

 Thorax transverse, sides abruptly angulate before base, from thence 

 to apex oblique, anterior sulcus punctate ; disc strongly and rather 

 closely, sides as strongly and confluently, punctured. Elytra 

 much broader at base than the thorax, transversely impressed 

 below base, strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, finely punctured 

 towards apex. Femora with small tooth ; apex of tibiae and the 

 tarsi fuscous. 



Far. Head and thorax fulvous, elytra bluish-black. 



Length 4-4^ mm. 



Hob. India : Punjab ; Burma (Coll. Jacoby). Tonkin. 



Of this species, principally distinguished by the strong and 

 partly confluent puncturation of the thorax, I possess two speci- 

 mens, both named by Lefevre one from Tonkin, the other from 

 India. I am unable to find any structural differences between 

 them. The puncturation of the thorax is close but not so close as 

 on the sides. On more careful examination I am disposed to 

 think that JV. birmanicum, Jac. is a variety of this species. 



557. Nodostoma sylhetense, sp. n. 



d . Dark fulvous ; antennas (basal joints excepted) and legs 

 black. 



Oblong-ovate. Head very sparingly and finely punctured ; 

 clypeus not separated from the face, studded with a few fine 

 punctures, anterior margin nearly straight; mandibles broad, black ; 

 antennas long, terminal joints rather widened, very elongate, basal 

 three and base of fourth flavous, third and fourth joints equal. 

 Thorax scarcely twice as broad as long at base, sides obtusely 

 angulate near base, strongly obliquely narrowed iu front, anterior 

 sulcus deep and entire, surface entirely impunctate. Elytra broadly 

 ovate, with short and deep transverse depression below the base 

 impressed with a few punctures, rest of surface nearly impunctate, 



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