326 CHETSOMELID.E. 



566. Nodostoma Wnghami, sp. n. 



Pale lestaceous ; bead and thorax slightly darker. 



J 1 . Head and clypeus very strongly and closely punctured, the 

 latter deeply emarginate ; antennae slender, testaceous, third and 

 fourth joints equal. Thorax half as broad again as long, sides 

 strongly angulate behind the middle, anterior sulcus somewhat 

 obsolete in the middle, surface very strongly and subremotely 

 punctured. Elytra subelongate, basal portion raised, smooth; 

 shoulders very prominent, bounded within by a sulcus that ex- 

 tends round the basal elevation to suture, this sulcus strongly 

 impressed with a few short rows of punctures, rest of disc im- 

 punctate. Femora with a minute tooth, anterior femora strongly 

 thickened. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Kilgiris (Coll. Brit. JIus.). 



More nearly allied to N. thoracicum than to any other form, 

 but easily separated from that species by the strongly and closely 

 punctured head and the much more strongly angulate sides }f the 

 thorax. 



567. Nodostoma semistriatum, sp. n. 



Testaceous ; terminal joints of antennae stained with piceous or 

 blackish. 



Head impunctate ; clypeus with a few punctures at base only, 

 not separated from the face ; antennas long and slender, second to 

 fourth joints gradually lengthened. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 sides angulate near base, obliquely narrowed in front, anterior 

 sulcus narrow but deep ; surface impunctate. Elytra elongate, 

 subcylindrical, deeply depressed below the base, the latter convex, 

 anterior portion rather strongly punctate-striate, posterior nearly 

 impunctate. Legs unarmed. 



Length. 2% mm. .; '.- .f, - y^i |j 



. Hcb. Burma: Toungoo (Coll. H. E. Amlrewes). Tenasserim : 

 -Tavoy, Mergui. Type in Brit. Mus. ' 



In some specimens the antennae are entirely testaceous, but I 

 .can find no other differences. 



*f <{ : Ml ' ' ',-i V . -i 



.y.s Nodostoma fairmairei, Jac. P. Z. S. 1867, p'. 80. 



Pale testaceous ; antennae (basal joints excepted) black ; apex of 

 tibiae and the tarsi more or less piceous. 



c? . Head remotely but strongly punctured; -clypeus not sepa- 

 rated from face ; antennae two-thirds the length of the body, third 

 and fourth joints equal, rest slightly -thickened. Thorax about 

 half as broad again as long, sides subangulate behind the middle, 

 narrowed in front; surface strongly punctured at the sides and 



