332 CHRYSOMELID^. 



punctate on ch-peus, the latter not separated from the face ; 

 basal four joints of antennae rufous, rest black. Thorax nearly 

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

 middle ; surface coarsely punctured, a narrow space along middle 

 of apical border slightly thickened, impunctate, smooth and 

 shining. Scutellurn bluish-black. Elytra broadly oblong, trans- 

 versely excavated below base, shoulders strongly raised ; surface 

 distinctly punctate-striate, puncturation much finer behind the 

 middle, nearly obsolete at apex ; a strong longitudinal costa near 

 outer border, from humeral callus to commencement of apical 

 third of elytron, anterior half of costa flexuose. Hinder pair of 

 femora armed with a small tooth; extreme bases of all tibiae 

 piceous. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Nilgiris ; Travancore. 



In some specimens only the basal three joints of the antennae 

 are fulvous. Differs from N. Jtaroldi, Jac. in the black tibia? and 

 tarsi arid larger size. 



580. Nodostoma sikhimense, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Bdg. vii, 1900, 



p. 102. 



Beneath black ; head, thorax and part of legs fulvous ; elytra 

 metallic green ; tarsi black. 



Head remotely but strongly punctured at middle ; anterior border 

 of clypeus triangularly emarginate ; antennas black, basal two 

 joints fulvous, terminal joints stout, elongate. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, sides obsoletely angulate behind the middle, strongly 

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

 very sparingly punctured, slightly more closely and strongly at 

 the sides. Scutellum black. Elytra subquadrate-ovate, deeply 

 depressed below base, strongly, rather closely and somewhat 

 irregularly punctate-striate, apex nearly impunctate. 



Far. The knees, tibiae and tarsi of the anterior and intermediate 

 legs and the whole of the posterior legs black. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. Sikhim. 



Can be separated from N. dormeri by the black underside and 

 the much more sparingly punctured thorax ; the puncturation of 

 the head and thorax is, however, subject to some variation, some 

 specimens being much more sparingly punctured than others, but 

 none so closely and strongly punctured as N. dormeri. 



581. Nodostoma indicum, Jac. Entomologist Suppl. 1892, p. 86. 



Metallic green ; basal joints of antenna?, head and thorax 

 fulvous. 



Subquadrate-ovate. Head coarsely and remotely punctured; 

 clypeus deeply triangularly emarginale in front, bidentate at the 

 sides anteriorly ; antennae black, long and slender, basal four joints 



