nodostella. 
299 
514. Nodina rotundata, Motsch. Ktud. Ent. 1858, p. 109. 
“ Nearly the same size as N. pusilla , a little shorter and more 
rounded. Thorax nearly triangular, posterior angles more strongly 
pointed than in N. subclilatata, puncturation less deep, finer and 
rather obsolete. Elytra with punctures and striae at apex more 
obliterated. 
“ Hob. India.” ( Motschulsky .) 
Genus NODOSTELLA, nov. 
Elongate ; antennae filiform, third joint twice as long as second, 
following joints nearly of same length. Thorax broader than long, 
lateral margins subangulately rounded behind the middle, surface 
with some irregular depressions. Scutellum broadly ovate. Elytra 
wider at base than thorax, elongate, punctate-striate. Legs slender ; 
intermediate and posterior femora strongly emarginate at apex ; 
tarsi and claw-joint elongate, claws appendiculate. Prosternum 
longer than broad, widened at base, the latter straight. Anterior 
margin of thoracic episternum concave. 
This genus, although very closely allied to Nodostoma, differs in 
the elongate shape of the elytra, the less transverse and slightly 
narrowed thorax with discoidal depressions, and in the shape of 
the prosternum which is longer than broad, not transverse as in 
Nodostoma. Several species formerly placed in the latter genus 
should find a place in Nodostella , which is proposed for the recep- 
tion of Nodostella elongata, Jac., previously placed in Nodostoma. 
The sculpturing of the thorax and the elytra differs likewise from 
any species of Nodostoma. 
515. Nodostella elongata, Jac. (Nodostoma) Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 
xlvii, 1903, p. 98. 
More or less piceous ; breast black ; head and thorax with some 
obscure testaceous spots. Elytra testaceous, irregularly spotted 
with black. 
Narrowly elongate. Head closely rugose-punctate ; two spots 
between the eyes, clypeus and labrum testaceous, rest black ; 
antennse long and slender, basal two joints and apex of the others 
flavous, third and fourth joints nearly equal, elongate, rest of 
equal length. Thorax about half as broad again as long, sides 
angulate behind the middle ; surface rather depressed, closely 
covered with elongate reticulations, the interstices closely punc- 
tured ; disc with some obscure depressions, varied more or less 
with piceous and flavous. Scutellum black. Elytra wider at base 
than the thorax, with a short depression below base, strongly and 
closely punctate-striate, basal portion more irregularly punctured, 
with a short costa near the shoulders: the markings very irregular, 
in the more strongly marked specimens with an elongate spot at 
base between shoulders and suture, some transverse narrow' bands 
