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punctuation scarcely visible below the base and alranged in 

 rows, the punctures more distinct within the basal depression 

 and near the suturai margin, the latter rather broadly and the 

 lateral margin narrowly black or piceous ; underside and legs 

 testaceous, the femora armed with a small tooth. 



Bhamù , Teinzò , June 1885. 



Allied in coloration to N. Irivittatum Baly, but differing enti- 

 rely in the acutely angulate sides of the thorax and other par- 

 ticulars ; the variety agrees entirely with the type except in 

 the colour of the antennae and the elytra and may be separated 

 from closely allied similarly coloured forms like N. pallidulum 

 Baly by the raised humeral callus and short costa vhich 

 precedes it ; although there are many specimens of the variety 

 before me which is of an entirely pale Havous colour I look 

 upon tlie much rarer Ijanded form as the type. 



33. Nodostoma sutocostatum , n. sp. 



Fulvous or piceous ; head , thorax and legs , rufous ; thorax 

 closely punctured, angulate at the sides ; elytra metallic green 

 or blue, the base raised, closely punctate-striate , the humeral 

 callus acutely costate and elongate. 



Var. a. Head, fulvous, thorax and elytra metallic blue. 



Var. b. Entirely fulvous. 



Length 1 ^^ line. 



Head strongly but remotely punctured , the epistome not 

 separated from the face, its anterior margin deeply emarginate 

 at the middle ; palpi testaceous ; antennre slender , filiform , 

 flavous, the terminal joints stained with fuscous, third and 

 fourth joints very slender, elongate and equal ; thorax transverse, 

 nearly three times broader than long, the sides distinctly an- 

 gulate near the base , the anterior margin accompanied by a 

 deep transverse and punctured groove , the disc deeply and 

 remotely punctured, the punctuation a little more closely placed 

 at the sides; scutellum fulvous; elytra with the basal portion 

 distinctly raised , deeply punctate-striate, the interstices rather 



