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CHRYSOMELIDiE. 
sides oblique, strongly narrowed in front, angulated close to base ; 
surface strongly rugosely punctured throughout, anterior sulcus 
deep. Elytra wider at base than thorax, convex, subquadrate, 
moderately deeply depressed below base, very closely and strongly 
punctate-striate ; shoulders prominent, Eemora bluish. 
Length 2| mm. 
Hob. Burma: Bhamo. Type in Genoa Museum. 
The rugosely punctured head and thorax, closely punctured 
elytra and much smaller size separate this species from the 
preceding. 
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521. Nodostoma cyaneum, Lefev. Bull. Soc. Ent. Bely, xxxv, 1891, 
p. cclxvi. 
“ Beneath black ; breast obscure cyaneous ; above dark 
cyaneous ; labrum, palpi and antennae fulvous, apical five joints 
of antennae and the legs black ; tarsi fuscous. 
“Head strongly punctured, a small fovea between the eyes. 
Thorax transverse, sulcate near the anterior margin ; sides before 
the middle subspinosely angulate; surface convex, finely and densely 
aciculately punctured. Scutellum smooth, foveolate at middle, 
apex rounded. Elytra below base feebly transversely impressed, 
punctate-striate, punctures at sides and within depression larger ; 
humeral callus very prominent, smooth. 
“ Length 7 mm. 
Bab. “ Sikhim.” ( Lefevre .) 
A large species, but unknown to me. Lefevre gives the sides 
of thorax as angulate “ before the middle ” ; as a rule, the angu- 
lation is behind the middle. 
522. Nodostoma pretiosum, sp. n. 
Metallic cupreous, blue or green; basal joints of antennas and base 
of femora fulvous, terminal joints of antennae and the tarsi black. 
$ . Broadly ovate. Head coarsely rugose-punctate, vertex at 
middle smooth ; labrum and palpi fulvous ; antennae slender and 
filiform, basal four joints fulvous. Thorax strongly transverse ; 
sides angulate behind the middle, strongly obliquely narrowed in 
front; anterior sulcus deep; surface very strongly punctured, on 
the sides the punctures partly confluent. Elytra subquadrately 
ovate, distinctly depressed below base at the sides ; puncturation 
much finer than that of thorax, more strongly punctured within 
depression, the rows distantly placed, extremely fine at apex. 
Eemora strongly incrassate, knees and tibiae metallic ; femoral 
tooth minute. Body beneath greenish. 
The female scarcely differs from the male, except in its larger 
size and more slender antennae. 
Var. Legs entirely metallic blue or green. 
Length 4|-5 mm. 
Bab. Assam : Sylhet. 
The very strong thoracic puncturation distinguishes this species. 
