﻿NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTE&A F&OM CHINA. 115 



similarly pubescent, and have a distinct oblique depression at 

 the base, which is absent in A. nigripes and A. bowringii; the 

 punctures are transverse in shape and frequently arranged in 

 double rows, the interstices are slightly convex, in most speci- 

 mens the legs are black, with the base of the femora fulvous ; in 

 others the head, antennae and legs are entirely black. 

 Several specimens. 



Talmonds, Fairm. 



This genus, recently described by M. Fairmaire, seems to me 

 to be identical with Lypesthes, Baly, and his species, T. farinosus, 

 with L. ater, Motsch. (pulverulentus, Jac). This is, therefore, 

 the third time that Motschulsky's species has been described 

 under different names. 



Many specimens. 



NODOSTOMA ORIENTALE, 11. Sp. (PI. I. fig. 7). 



Greenish-aeneous, the base of the antennae and of the femora, fulvous ; 

 head and thorax closely and finely punctured, the sides of the latter sub- 

 angulate : elytra strongly punctate-striate, the base conxex ; femora with a 

 minute tooth. 



$ . Elytra less regularly and subgeminate punctate-striate. 



5 . Elytra very regularly punctured, with a short oblique costa below 

 the shoulders. Length, 2 lines. 



$ . Of dark greenish-aeneous colour, the head rather closely and 

 strongly punctured and subrugose, the epistome not separated from the 

 face ; labrum fulvous ; antennae about half the length of the body, the lower 

 four joints fulvous, the first stained with black above ; thorax about twice as 

 broad as long, the sides distinctly angulate at the middle, the surface rather 

 closely but somewhat less strongly punctured than the head ; elytra with 

 the base distinctly swollen and depressed below the raised portion, the base 

 rather irregularly punctured, the striae more regular posteriorly but here and 

 there appearing double, the shoulders prominent, forming a slight ridge ; the 

 femora with a very minute tooth. 



N. orientale seems closely allied to N. puncticolle Weise, also 

 from China, but differs in the punctured clypeus, the angulate 

 sides of the thorax and the swollen base of the elytra ; the 

 latter is much more distinctly visible in the female, which may 

 be mistaken for another species, since the elytral punctuation is 

 very strong and regular throughout, a short but strong oblique 

 costa extends from the shoulder to the lateral margin, all other 

 characters agree with that of the male ; both sexes were obtained 

 in sufficient numbers. 



NODOSTOMA GIBBOSUM, 11. Sp. 



Oblong-ovate, widened behind, dark aeneous; the labrum, base of the 

 antenna? and base of the femora and tibiae fulvous ; thorax closely and strongly 

 punctured ; elytra convex, strongly widened, finely punctate-striate. Length, 

 li line. 



Head closely and strongly punctured, the vertex subrugose, the epistome 

 also strongly punctured, separated from the face by an obsolete transverse 

 depression, its anterior edge deeply concave-emarginate ; labrum and palpi 

 fulvoua ; antennae black, the lower three joints fulvous, the first stained with 



