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Apical margiu of prosternum obUquely produced, deflexed, 

 shglitly emarginate, the hindei- mai-giu concave, armed on either 

 *side with a deflexed, obtuse tooth ; mesosternum transverse, its 

 apical border augulate-emarginate. Apical segment of abdomen 

 in the $ impressed with a shallow fovea ; 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. 



6. Nodostoma concinnicoUe, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovatum, convexum, pallide piceum, uitidum, pedibus 

 autennisque f ulvis ; thorace transverso, lateribus ante basin acute 

 angixlatis, disco crebre foveolato-punctato ; elytris nigris, fortiter 

 punctato-striatis, interspatiis planis. Long. 2 hn. 



Var. A. Elytris piceo-f ulvis, punctis piceis. 

 Ilab. Jhelam Valley. 



Head coarsely and deeply punctured, the punctures on the 

 extreme vertex croAvded ; clypeus not distinctly separated from 

 the face; antennae slender, filiform, the second joint ovate, three- 

 fourths the length of the third, the latter two-thirds the length 

 of the fourth. Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides 

 abruptly diverging and acutely angled just iu front of the base, 

 thence oliliquely converging to the apex, just before reaching 

 the latter abruptly incurved, the apical angle obtuse, the hinder 

 one armed with a lateral tooth ; disc closely covered Avith 

 large round, deejDly impressed punctures ; on either side are 

 a feAV short, sub-erect griseous hairs. Scutellum longer than 

 broad, cuneiform, its apex obtusely angulate. Elytra convex, 

 transversely depressed below the basilar space, strongly punc- 

 tate-striate ; on the transverse depression, and also below the 

 shoulder, the puncturing is confused ; interspaces plane, iri-egu- 

 larly wrinkled on the sub-basilar depression. All the thighs 

 armed beneath with an acute tooth. 



7. Nvihistoina plagiosMn, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovatum, piceum, nitidum, pedibus antennisque piceo- 

 fulvis, his extrorsum piceis ; thorace profunde et crebre pimc- 

 tato, lateribus pone medium obtuse augulatis ; elytris fortiter 



