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nearly as strong as that on the thorax, arranged in closely approxi- 

 mate rows ; interstices feebly longitudinally costate at sides only. 

 Legs robust, unarmed, tarsi broad. 



. Thorax less strongly punctured ; elytra with a short row of 

 tubercles below shoulders ; tarsi less robust. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Trichinopoly. Type in Coll. Jacoby. 



Very like N. maculictps, but the thorax longer and less trans- 

 verse in shape, the elytra only feebly costate at the sides, punctures 

 less closely placed. 



608. Nodostoma dimidiatipes, sp. n. 



Head and thorax dark fulvous, finely pubescent ; elytra testa- 

 ceous, sutural and lateral margins anteriorly, spot behind the 

 middle and underside black; basal joints of antennae, base of 

 femora, apices of tibiae and the tarsi pale fulvous. 



Closely allied to N. antiquum, smaller, rather broad and oblong ; 

 head and thorax similarly sculptured and pubescent ; elytra very 

 strongly punctate -striate, interstices feebly convex at sides; 

 anterior legs elongate, femora strongly thickened, unarmed. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



Differs in the markings of the elytra and colour of underside 

 from other pubescent species. 



Elytra otherwise marked, non-pubescent. 



609. Nodostoma fulvofasciatum, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; thorax and sides of breast black ; elytra black, abroad 

 transverse band behind the middle fulvous. 



$ . Subquadrately ovate. Head fulvous, impunctate, with a 

 narrow central groove ; clypeus not separated from the face, 

 studded with a few punctures on the sides and middle, anterior 

 margin subtriangularly emarginate ; antenna; flavous, long and 

 slender, apical three joints thickened, piceous. Thorax very 

 short, more than twice as broad as long, sides strongly angulated 

 behind the middle, obliquely narrowed in front ; anterior margin 

 fulvous, followed by a distinct sulcus ; surface minutely and re- 

 motely punctured. Elytra with deep transverse basal depression, 

 strongly punctate-striate within shoulders and in the depression, 

 rest of the surface very finely, nearly obsoletely punctured, punc- 

 tures near suture more distinct ; a short, oblique, strongly raised 

 costa runs from the shoulders to the lateral margin at the basal 

 portion. Legs pale fulvous ; femora with a minute tooth beneath. 



Length 3i mm. 



Hub. Assam Valley (Doherty). Type in Brit. Mus. 



610. Nodostoma momeitense, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; elytra with a black spot on each below base ; the 

 apex of the posterior "or of all the femora black. 



d . Subquadrate-ovate. Head nearly impunctate, only a single 



