330 CHRYSOMELIDJS. 



575. Nodostoma bitnbercnlatiim, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 76. 



Testaceous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; beneath obscure 

 fulvous. 



Head very strongly and remotely punctured ; clypeus not 

 separated from the face ; antennae nearly as long as the body, 

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

 the third. Thorax twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, sides 

 angulate near base ; surface strongly and closely rugose-punctate, 

 without an anterior sulcus. Elytra very slightly depressed below 

 base, puhcturation nearly obsolete near apex ; humeral callus in 

 shape of an elongate tubercle, followed immediately below by 

 another smaller tubercle, space between these latter and the 

 lateral margin deeply depressed. Underside darker fulvous. 

 Femora with minute tooth. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon : Dikoya. Type in Coll. G. Lewis. 



The small size, strongly rugose thorax and the lateral elytral 

 tubercles suffice to separate this species from its congeners. 



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Sides of thorax rounded. 



576. Nodostoma maheense, sp. n. 



c? . Testaceous. Head with a few deep punctures at middle; 

 clypeus deeply emarginate in front with the sides highly raised ; 

 antennae filiform, third and following joints very elongate, -last 

 three wanting in the only specimen I have seen. Thorax about 

 half as broad agajn : as long, sides rounded and widened at the 

 djiddle, anterior sulcus deep and entire; surface very deeply and 

 gather remotely punctured, punctures irregularly placed; diso 

 somewhat strongly convex.* Elytra oblong, basal portion raised, 

 transversely impressed, posteriorly punctured within the depression 

 and in front of the shoulders, rest of surface extremely minutely 

 punctate, external and lateral margins narrowly fuscous. 



$ . Thorax less convex and widened at the sides. -J 



Length 3^ mm. ,-a 



Hab. Malabar : Mahe (Coll. Jacoby). ' , ., f ? 



The thorax is more convex and more strongly punctured than. 

 in N. andamanense, the elytra are nearly impunctate and have 

 no black margins as in JV. nigrobiniarginatum, in which species 

 the thorax is likewise more finely punctured, and the elytra 

 distinctly so. , 



577. Nodostoma orientals, sp. 31. 



Testaceous. Head and clypeus remotely but rather strongl^ 

 punctured ; antennae with the third and fourth joints equal, eacH 

 about half as long again as the second, terminal two thickened, 



