NODOSTOMA. 337 



590. Nodostoma abdominalis, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; apical joints of antennae, knees and abdomen partly 

 piceous ; elytra metallic bluish-black. 



Head strongly and very remotely punctured ; clypeus wedge- 

 shaped, separated from the face by some deep punctures, anterior 

 border strongly triangularly emarginate ; antennae very slender, 

 basal six joints fulvous, rest dark piceous, third and fourth joints 

 very elongate, equal, terminal joints shorter. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, sides strongly augulated near base, anterior sulcus 

 deep and entire, surface very closely and strongly punctured 

 throughout. Scutellum dark fulvous. Elytra with deep depression 

 below base, puncturation very deep and strong, less so at apex, 

 rows more closely approximate at the sides than on the disc. 

 Legs and last abdominal segment fulvous, rest of abdomen and 

 the breast piceous. Anterior femora with a very small tooth. 



Length 2i; mm. 



Hab. Assam {Coll. Jacoby). 



591. Nodostoma sublaeviperme, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; elytra, breast, abdomen and the posterior legs black. 



Head irnpunctate ; clypeus not separated from the face ; 

 antennae with the basal four joints flavous, rest black, terminal 

 joints slender and elongate. Thorax about half as broad again as 

 long, sides obliquely narrowed anteriorly, rounded near the base, 

 no anterior sulcus, surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum black. 

 Elytra wider at base than the thorax, subquadrately ovate, base with 

 deep transverse depression, the latter with the commencement of 

 three rows of punctures, another short row within shoulders ex- 

 tending to base, rest of the surface entirely impunctate ; suture 

 accompanied by a deep striga. Anterior legs fulvous, apex of the 

 intermediate femora, their tibiae and tarsi and the entire posterior 

 legs black. 



Length 3i mm. 



Hab. Burma : Momeit. Type in Brit. Mus. 



A very distinct species on account of the rounded sides of the 

 thorax at base, the black and almost impunctate elytra and the 

 colour of the legs. I have seen only a single specimen, which is 

 apparently a female. 



Upper surface piceous or Uaclc (sometimes with ceneous lustre). 

 Elytra tuberculate or costate. 



592. Nodostoma tuberosum, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 78, pi. x, fig. 4. 



Dark brown. Head closely and distinctly, vertex more remotely, 

 punctured ; clypeus not separated from the face, anterior margin 

 perfectly straight, surface clothed with a little silvery pubescence ; 

 antenna with the basal three joints fulvous, rest in the type 



