78 MR. M. JACOBY ON THE [Feb. 1 , 



N. leivisi resembles somewhat N. consimile, Baly, from Jap m ; but 

 that species has shorter and entirel}' fulvous aateiiuee, the thorax is 

 less transverse and less strongly punctured, while the elytra have 

 the punctures deeper and mure prolonged posterioi-ly. Whether 

 N. triangulare, Motsch., also from Ceylon, is referable to the species 

 described here it is impossible to say, on account of the short and 

 insufficient description. The black suiura! stripe is in some specimens 

 very narrow, in others widened towards the suture. 



NoDOSTOMA TUBEROSUM, sp. nov. (Plate X. fig. 4.) 



Dark brown ; head closely punctured ; thorax strongly rugose- 

 punctate, the sides angnlate near the base ; elytra entirely covered 

 with longitudinal and transverse tuberosities. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head closely and distinctly, the vertex more remotely, punctured ; 

 epistome not separated from the face, its anterior margin perfectly 

 straight ; the surface covered with some short silvery pubescence. 

 Antennae with the first three joints fulvous (the rest wantin«-). 

 Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, the sides distinctly angulate 

 near the base ; the surface entirely covered with deep and round 

 punctures, the interstices sparingly clothed with short hairs. Elytra 

 closely covered with strongly raised tubercles, placed irregularly at the 

 sides, but arranged in longitudinal rows at the disk ; the interstices 

 with some deep punctures ; the shoulders prominent and in the shape 

 of an oblique, smooth, strongly raised tubercle. 



A single specimen is contained in my collection. N. tuberosum is 

 not difficult to recognize, on account of the wart-like tubercles 

 covering the entire surface of the elytra. 



NoDOSTOMA LEFEVREl, Sp. nOV. 



Dark fulvo-piceous, the base of the femora fulvous ; thorax 

 transverse, angulated at the base, very closely punctured ; elytra 

 with deep basal depression, strongly longitudinally costate, the sides 

 transversely rugose. 



Length 2| lines. 



Head closely punctured at the vertex and at the sides, the 

 epistome separated from the face by two deep fovese at the sides, its 

 anterior edge tridentate, the surface scarcely visibly punctured ; 

 labrum fulvous. Antennae slender, the third and following joints 

 elongate. Thorax ver}' transverse, three times broader than long ; 

 the sides strongly angulate near the base, the posterior angles pro- 

 duced into an acute tooth ; the surface with a transverse groove near 

 the anterior margin, very closely punctured, with some smooth and 

 raised spaces irregularly distributed. Scutellum nearly black, 

 impunctate. Elytra with a deep basal depression, very strongly 

 costate at the inner portion of the disk, the interstices regularly 

 punctate-striate, the sides transversely rugose and wrinkled ; the 

 colour lighter fulvous near the suture, darker at the sides ; femora 

 with a minute tooth, their base pale fulvous. 



