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a depression below the base, rather more strongly punctured than 
the thorax, puncturation arranged in closely approximate, rather 
irregular rows ; sides with two costae, one continued nearly to 
apex, the other short, both starting from the shoulders. 
Length 3| mm. 
I lab. Burma : Ituby Mines (Colls. Brit. Mas. Sf Jacoby). 
Smaller than N. bhamoense, Jac., the thorax more subcylindrical 
and less strongly punctured, elytra narrower, with lateral costae. 
The thoracic puncturation, although comparatively strong, has 
the punctures less deep and round than in N. bhamoense. 
Elytra pale with suture or lateral margins blade , interstices 
more or less costate or convex'. 
532. Nodostoma unipunctatum, sp. n. 
Testaceous ; sutural margins and a spot near apex of each 
elytron black. 
Head strongly and rather closely punctured ; clypeus not 
separated from the face, distinctly emargiuate in front ; antennae 
testaceous, nearly extending to apex of elytra, third joint scarcely 
longer than the second, following joints nearly equal. Thorax 
about half as broad again as long, sides angulate behind the middle, 
anterior sulcus narrow but entire ; surface more finely and more 
closely punctured than the head. Scutellum piceous or testaceous. 
Elytra with short but deep basal depression, strongly punctate- 
striate, the punctures distinct although finer at apex, interstices at 
sides longitudinally costate : shoulders tuberculiform, followed by 
another short costa that extends to the lateral margins ; suture 
narrowly black, another oblong black spot behind the middle, 
halfway between margins and suture. Legs elongate; femora 
unarmed. Prosternum nearly impunctate. 
Length 7 mm. 
Hob. Southern India : Nilgiris (Colls. LI. E. Andrew es Jacoby). 
The largest species of this division and distinguished by the 
black suture and subapical spots. 
533. Nodostoma andrewesi, .Jac. Ann. Soc. JEnt. Bely, xlvii, 1903, 
p. 97. 
Eulvous ; sides of elytra black. 
Head very strongly and rather closely punctured ; clypeus deeply 
emargiuate in front; antennae slender and filiform, third joint 
distinctly shorter than the fourth, basal four joints fulvous, rest 
piceous. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides rounded at base, 
strongly obliquely narrowed in front, anterior sulcus rather feeble ; 
surface very finely and closely punctured, the punctures very 
crowded at the sides. Elytra ovate, deeply transversely depressed at 
