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523. Nodostoma clialceum, sp. n. 
Dark aeneous ; antennae, tibiae and tarsi more or less flavous ; 
abdomen fulvous. 
5 . Head finely and very remotely punctured ; clypeus not 
separated in front from the face, more strongly punctured, anterior 
margin fulvous, thickened at the sides, semicircularly emarginate ; 
labrum fulvous ; palpi flavous : antennae slender, pale fulvous or 
flavous, third and fourth joints equal, terminal two elongately 
thickened. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides very strongly pro- 
duced iuto a tooth behind the middle, strongly obliquely narrowed 
in front and at base, anterior sulcus deep and entire, surface closely 
and more strongly punctured than the head. Scutellum trigonal. 
Elytra oblong, shoulders and basal portion strongly raised, the 
latter with a deep depression ; surface deeply foveolate punctate- 
striate at base within depression, more finely and remotely so 
posteriorly : sides below shoulders with two acutely raised costae. 
Length 2| mm. 
Hah. Assam (Coll. Jacoby). 
Very distinct on account of its system of coloration, elytral 
sculpturing, &c. 
524. Nodostoma splendens, Hope (Eumolpus), in Gray's Zool. Misc. 
1831, p. 30 ; Lefev. (Colasposoma) Cat. JEumolp. 1885, p. 107. 
Black ; basal three joints of antennae fulvous. Elytra aureo- 
cupreous. 
Head strongly and rather closely punctured : labrum fulvous ; 
antennae with the third joint shorter than the fourth, terminal 
joints very elongate. Thorax transverse, subangulate near base, 
evenly, strongly and closely punctured. Elytra with lateral de- 
pression at sides below base, the latter rather strongly punctured, 
posterior portion fiuely punctured. Legs black ; femora unarmed. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hah. Nepal. Type in Brit. .Mus. 
This insect was described from a single, apparently female, 
specimen, and because of the useless diagnosis of the author 
was placed in the wrong genus by Lefevre. It is a true Nodo- 
stoma of broadly subquadrate-ovate shape, and well distinguished 
by the black colour of all the parts except the elytra which are 
bright cupreous. The insect seems to be very rare, as I have seen 
only the type specimen; it belongs to the group containing the 
largest species of the genus. 
525. Nodostoma semipurpureum, Jac. Ann. Mas. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 
1892, p. 902. 
Beneath metallic dark blue, above purplish ; basal joints of 
antennm fulvous. 
Oblong ; head distinctly but not closely punctured, space at 
