38 Mr. J. S. Baly's descrij^tions of 



Genus NoDOSTOMA, Motsch. 

 Nodostoma mac/nificum. 



Oblongo-ovatum, convexum, cEeruleo-metallicum, viridi- 

 tinctum,supra ciipreo-aureiim ; antennis nigris, basi c^riileis ; 

 tliorace subcrebre punctate; elytris regulariter punctato- 

 striatis, striis sulcatis, interspatiis sub lente minute punc- 

 tatis, convexis, ad latera costatis, limbo inflexo viridi- 

 metallico. 



Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. — Madagascar; in my own cabinet, and also in 

 tlie Britisli Museum collection. 



Head rather closely punctured; clypeus brassy green, 

 transverse, its apical border truncate, not distinctly 

 separated from tlie face, its anterior margin concave- 

 emarginate ; upper face impressed between tlie eyes witli 

 an oblong fovea; labrum and jaws black; antennae half 

 the length of the body, five lower joints metallic blue, the 

 rest black, densely clothed with short velvety hairs. 

 Thorax nearly twice as broad at the base as long; sides 

 straight and only very slightly converging at the base, 

 rounded and converging in front : all the angles armed with 

 a subacute tooth. Scutellum semioblong-ovate, its surface 

 concave, impressed with a few scattered punctures. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, their sides parallel, the apex regu- 

 larly rounded; above convex, not excavated below the 

 basilar space, the humeral callus moderately prominent. 

 Four anterior thighs armed beneath with a small tooth, the 

 hinder pair unarmed ; apices of anterior tibite thickened 

 and slightly recurved. 



Nodostoma tricolor. 



Late ovatum, valde convexum, viridi-seneum, nitidum, 

 antennis (basi fulva excepta) nigris ; subtus nigrum, 

 thoracis lateribus pectoreque obscure viridi-metaUicis ; 

 femoribus (basi et apice exceptis) rufis ; tliorace subremote 

 punctato, lateribus pone medium angulatis, dente brevi 

 armatis; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 planis. 



Var. B. Corpore supra purpureo, cseteris ut in typo. 



Long. 2^ — 3 lin. 



Hab. — Siam Var. B. Pachybouri; collected by the 

 late M. Mouhot. 



