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three following joints fulvous, the others black, the second and 

 third joints rather elongate and equal , thinner than the first ; 

 thorax transverse , at least twice as broad as long , the sides 

 widened at the middle, obtusely biangulate, the surface strongly 

 and remotely punctured, piceous, the anterior margin (widest 

 at the middle) fulvous; scutellum dark fulvous ; elytra wider 

 than the thorax at the base, without any basal depression, very 

 deeply and not closely punctate-striate the punctures greatly 

 diminishing in size below the middle , where an ovate large 

 black spot is placed which does not touch the suturai or lateral 

 margin ; breast piceous ; abdomen and legs fulvous ; claws 

 appendiculate. 



Bhamò, August 1885, Teinzò , May 1886. 



N. biplagiatum differs from N. plagiosum Baly in the colour 

 of the head, the fulvous anterior margin of the thorax and the 

 much finer punctuation of the latter, also, in the smaller black 

 elytral spot, the colour of the legs and the unarmed femora. 



32. ]No<iostoxn.a iiig-rofasciatixm, n. sp. 



Fulvous or testaceous; apical joints of the antennae black; 

 thorax transverse, augniate below the middle, finely punctured; 

 elytra with a deep basal depression, finely punctured, the suturai 

 and lateral margins black. 



Var. Elytra without black margins ; antennai fulvous. 

 Length 2 lines. 



Head with some fine and remotely placed punctures , the 

 episteme separated from the face by an indistinct transverse 

 groove ; antennae slender , two tliirds the length of the body , 

 black, the four or five basal joints fulvous ; tliorax nearly three 

 times broader than long , the sides with a very distinct and 

 prominent angle below the middle, the disc punctured like the 

 head, tlie punctures remotely and irregularly placed ; scutellum 

 testaceous ; elytra witli the basal portion strongly raised and 

 Ijounded below by a deep transverse depression , tlie siioulder 

 raised and prominent with a short elevated ridge below , tlie 



