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fortiter impressis ; interspatiis convexis, transversim rvgulosis ; utrisque limbo angusto, exter- 

 no ante medium excepto, maculisque quinque 2, 2, 1 dispositis nigris. 



Long. 2J lin. 



Tar. A. Pygidio corporeque subtus Jlavis, illo macula cuneiformi, pectore, abdominisque 

 disco nigris. 



Var. B. Corpore nigro, antennarum basi, clypeo, faciei signaturis, thoracisque lined 

 longitudinali sordide Jlavis. 



Head rather coarsely but not closely punctured, the puncturing varying in degree in 

 different individuals ; front impressed with a distinct longitudinal groove ; clypeus broader 

 than long, trigonate ; antennae three-fourths the length of the body in the ? , rather longer 

 in the <J , the three lower joints pale piceous, the rest black. Thorax rather more than twice 

 as broad as long at the base ; sides moderately rounded and obliquely converging from base 

 to apex ; basal margin concave-emarginate on either side, the outer angles produced back- 

 wards, acute ; above convex, minutely but not closely punctured. Elytra slightly broader than 

 the thorax, oblong- quadrate, convex, rather strongly punctate-striate, the punctures piceous, 

 finer, and less strongly impressed towards the apex ; interspaces faintly but distinctly convex, 

 transversely wrinkled ; each elytron with the extreme outer limb (interrupted on the lateral 

 margin before its middle) and five large patches black ; these spots are arranged as follows : 

 two transversely below the base, the outer one oblong, covering the humeral callus and 

 attached to the basal margin, the inner one subrotundate, placed on the inner disc ; two just 

 below the middle also placed transversely, both subrotundate, the outer one usually attached 

 to the lateral margin ; and, lastly, one apical, transversely oblong, either free or attached to 

 the apical border ; these patches are often more or less confluent, and occasionally, as in 

 var. B, cover the entire surface of the elytron. Pygidium and body beneath clothed with 

 griseous hairs. Apical margin of prosternum obliquely produced, deflexed, slightly emar- 

 ginate, the hinder margin concave, armed on either side with a deflexed, obtuse tooth ; 

 mesosternum transverse, its apical border angulate-emarginate. Apical segment of abdo- 

 men in the $ impressed with a shallow f ovea ; the same segment in the $ deeply excavated, 

 the fovea large, rotundate. Basal joint of the four anterior tarsi in the $ dilated, elongate- 

 ovate, longer than the following two united. 



The form of the prosternum will separate this species from any nearly allied species. 



Hab. Murree. 



6. NODOSTOMA CONCINNICOLLE. 



Baly, Cist. Ent. ii., 187185, p. 373. 



Oblongo-ovatum, convexum, pallide piceum, nitidum, pedibus antennisaue fulvis ; thorace 

 transverso, lateribus ante basin acute angulatis, disco crebre foveolato-punctato ; elytris 

 nigris, fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis plants. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Var. A. Elytris piceo-fulvis, punctis piceis. 



Head coarsely and deeply punctured, the punctures on the extreme vertex crowded ; 

 clypeus not distinctly separated from the face; antennae slender, filiform, the second joint 



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