NODOSTOMA. 33& 



$ . Thorax more transverse, elytra very strongly costate at sides. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hah. Assam: Patkai Mts. Type in Brit. Mus. 



Differs from N. kfevrei, Jac. in the sparsely punctured head, the 

 much less transversely shaped thorax, non-rugose sides of the 

 elytra and the smaller general size. 



Elytra not costate or tuberculate. 



595. Nodostoma picimane, sp. n. 



Beneath dark piceous, above black ; labrum and the basal and 

 apical joints of antennae fulvous. 



Oblong. Head strongly and remotely punctured ; clypeus with 

 the margins obscure fulvous, surface punctured like the head ; 

 antennae slender, basal three and apical two joints fulvous. 

 Thorax transverse, acutely angulated behind the middle ; anterior 

 sulcus entire, deep at sides ; surface very strongly and somewhat 

 sparsely punctured, interstices at the sides somewhat convex. 

 Scutellum broad, smooth. Elytra subcylindrical, parallel-sided, 

 deeply depressed below base and within shoulders, strongly 

 punctate-striate, puncturation gradually diminishing posteriorly. 

 Legs black, knees obscure piceous or fulvous. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. India (Coll. Jacoby). 



596. Nodostoma imitans, sp. n. 



Piceous or black ; basal joints of antennas and head more or 

 less fulvous. 



c? . Head rather strongly and closely punctured ; anterior border 

 of clypeus strongly emarginate ; antennae with the basal four 

 joints fulvous, rest black, third and fourth equal. Thorax half as 

 broad again as long, sides very strongly angulated just behind the 

 middle, strongly obliquely narrowed in front and at base, anterior 

 sulcus entire, surface strongly and closely punctured. Elytra with 

 deep basal depression, shoulders very prominent ; surface strongly 

 punctate-striate anteriorly, finely punctured towards apex, the 

 punctures widely separated. Femora unarmed. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. Manipur (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



Closely allied to N. obscurum, Jac., but constantly smaller, the 

 thorax less closely punctured, the elytral interstices not, costate in 

 either sex and the punctures much more widely separated ; there- 

 is also a slight greenish tint on the surface of the elytra. 



597. Nodostoma angulicolle, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. xxxvi, 1892, 



p. 408. 



" Body beneath, legs, head (anterior portion excepted) and 

 thorax piceous; scutellum fulvous; antennae black, base paler; 

 elytra greenish-black. 



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