342 CHEYSOMELID.i:. 



surface \vith a transverse depression at each side, strongly and 

 closely punctured. Scutellum broadly ovate. Elytra with very 

 deep depression below base,iase strongly convex ; surface strongly 

 punctate-striate, more finely so towards the apex, apex entirely 

 impunctate, flavous to a short extent. Femora unarmed, base 

 fulvous. 



Length 3^ mm. 



Hob. Manipur (Coll. Brit. 



Thorax or elytra pubescent ; colour variable. 



602. Nodostoma pubicolle, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxix, 1895, 



p. 277. 

 Nodostoma anchoralis, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. vii, 1900, p. 103. 



Testaceous ; apical joints of antennae, a central spot on head 

 (sometimes absent), another on thorax, elytral suture at middle 

 and a spot behind the latter, black. 



Head closely and strongly punctured; clypeus not separated 

 from the face, semicircularly emarginate in front ; antennae ex- 

 tending to middle of elytra in male, 

 shorter in female, basal four or five 

 joints fulvous, rest black, third joint 

 rather smaller than the fourth. 

 Thorax half as broad again as long, 

 sides more or less distinctly angulated 

 near base ; anterior sulcus indistinct 

 at middle; surface strongly and closely 

 rugose-punctate, interstices finely and 

 sparingly pubescent, a more or less 

 developed black spot at middle. Elytra 

 with shallow depression below base, 

 ovate, rather convex, strongly punc- 

 tate-striate, base irregularly punc- 

 Fig. 119. N<jdostoma tured, punctures nearly as strong at 



pubicolle, var. apex ; interstices more or less cos- 



tate anteriorly ; shoulders tuberculi- 



forna, followed by another small tubercle posteriorly. Sides of 

 breast sometimes piceous. Femora unarmed. 



Var. a. Elytral sutural stripe and spot connected at apex. 

 anchor-shaped (N. anchoralis, Jac.). 



Var. b. Thorax and elytra without black markings. 

 Length 3 mm. 



Hob. Madras Presidency : Madura ; Pondicherry ; Mysore 

 (var. a). 



A variable species in regard to markings : these sometimes 

 occupy the greater part of the head and thorax, while the mark- 

 ings on the elytra may consist of two small streaks in the middle 

 and the suture more or less black ; the species can, however, 

 always be recognized by the rugose and pubescent thorax. 



