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the last joint piceous. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, sides 

 rounded ; anterior sulcus very narrow, distinct at the sides only ; 

 surface closely and deeply foveolate-punctate, interstices at the 

 sides reticulate and confidently raised, punctures near anterior 

 margin, at middle, fine. Elytra feebly depressed below base, paler 

 in coloration than the thorax, margins obscure fulvous, anterior 

 portion distinctly, apical portion very finely punctured. Femora 

 unarmed. 



Length 2\ mm. 



Hub. Southern India; Nilgiri and Anaimalai Hills (Coll. H, 

 E. Andrewes). 



Amongst the smaller Indian species with rounded sides, there is 

 none with an equally deeply punctured thorax. This will help in 

 the recognition of the insect. 



Elytra only generally metallic; othtr parts mostly reddish, 

 exceptionally blaclc. 



578. Nodostoma haroldi, Jac., nom. nov. 



Xodostoma seneipenne, Baly (nee Motschukky), Trans. Ent. Soc. 



1867, p. -235. 

 Var. apicipes, Jac. Entomologist Suppl. 1892, p. 87. 



Eufous ; antennae (basal joints excepted) black ; knees, tibiae 

 and tarsi dark piceous ; elytra aeneous or 'metallic green. 



Head with large deep scattered punctures ; clypeus not separated 

 from face, anterior border deeply angulate-emarginate ; mandibles 

 black, middle portion rufo-piceous ; antennae filiform, rather more 

 than half the length of the body, basal four joints obscure fulvous, 

 third nearly twice the length of the second. Thorax at base more 

 than twice as broad as long, sides with lateral border very nar^- 

 rowly dilated, abruptly angulated just in front of the base, obliquely 

 divergent to apex, anterior and posterior angles tuberculate ; 

 surface with large deep punctures, irregularly scattered over the 

 disc ; anterior sulcus with oblong punctures. Scutellum longer 

 than broad, subpentagonal. Elytra excavated below basilar space 

 and within humeral callus, deeply and strongly punctured, striae 

 entire, punctures smaller on basilar space and behind the middle. 

 .Femora with a tooth. , f . 

 . 'Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Assam ; Burma : Teinzo, ; Karennee ; Tenasserim.. 

 Malacca (Baly). 



The Indian specimens agree so closely with Baly's type in the 

 British Museum that I cannot separate them satisfactorily. 



Var. apicipes, Jac. has the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi tnore 

 or less piceous. 



r 579. Nodostoma dormeri, Baltf, Tram.. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 39. 



'; antennae (base excepted), mandibles, tibiae and tarai 

 black ; elytra bright metallic green. 



Oblong-ovate. Head coarsely and closely punctured, rugose, 



