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h 2 . Posterior tibiae only emarginate at 
apex ; emargination on inner side. . Autolampra, p. 300. 
b'. Prosternum not longer than broad. 
a 2 . Thorax widest at base, often angulate 
at sides Nodostoma, p. 301. 
b 2 . Thorax not widest at base, sub- [p. 350. 
quadrate Pseudostonopa, 
b. Elytra wider than thorax Chrysonopa, p. 353. 
Genus NODINA. 
Nodina, Motscliulsky , Etud. Ent, vii, 1858, p. 108 ; Cliapuis, Gen. 
Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 262; Lefev. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 61. 
Type, N. pusilla, Motsch., from India. 
Range. India ; Japan ; Malayan Subregion. 
Body rounded, short and convex ; head deeply inserted ; antennae 
scarcely extending to half the length of body, terminal joints more 
or less thickened. Thorax transverse, sides not angulate. Elytra 
not wider at base than thorax, not depressed below base, surface 
punctate-striate. Legs rather short and stout; femora unarmed; 
posterior and intermediate tibiae more or less emarginate near 
apex ; tarsi equal, rather short; claws appendiculate. Prosternum 
transverse, subquadrate. 
Small and generally metallic species, distinguished by the nearly 
equal width of the thorax and elytra at base, and the rather short 
and thickened joints of the antennae. Both Baly and Lefevre 
give the antennae as filiform, and describe their length as more 
than half that of the body ; this is certainly not the case, as 
Motschulsky, in his description of the type, N. pusilla, describes 
the terminal joints as dilated. In all species that I have 
examined these joints extend only up to the base of the elytra, 
and are certainly not filiform. 
a. Leas fulvous. 
498. Nodina indica, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely, xxxix, 1895, p. 271. 
Beneath black, above greenish-aeneous; antennae and legs fulvous. 
<5 . Proportionately elongate and parallel-sided ; head very finely 
and sparingly punctured, with narrow sulci above the eyes ; 
mandibles black ; palpi fulvous ; antennae extending ro base of 
thorax only, terminal joints transversely widened. Thorax twice 
as broad as long, sides evenly rounded, scarcely narrowed in front; 
surface rather closely and strongly punctured, the punctures 
evenly distributed, posterior margin oblique at each side, median 
lobe short and rounded. Elytra strongly punctate-striate an- 
teriorly, finely so towards apex. 
2 . * Head and thorax more strongly and closely punctured ; 
elytra with three short lateral costs, the outer costa the longest. 
Length 1-2 mm. 
1-Iab. Southern Bombay : Belgaum. 
