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the sides below the base, strongly punctate-striate ; interstices very 
strongly costate, especially so at the sides, latter broadly black ; 
sutural and apical portions fulvous. Femora with a minute tooth. 
Var. a. Entirely fulvous. 
Var. b. Black, basal joints of antennae fulvous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hob < Nilgiris. 
The coloration in typical specimens and the strongly costate 
interstices at sides of the elytra distinguish this species from 
others closely allied to it. 
534. Nodostoma geniculatum, Lefev. Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 
1891, p. cclxv. 
“ Body beneath, head, thorax and scutellum dark piceous ; basal 
five joints of antennae testaceous, rest fuscous ; elytra pale fulvous* 
sutural and lateral margins, a small spot below base and the apex 
of the femora, the base and apex of the tibiae and the tarsi, 
fuscous. 
“ Head strongly punctured, depressed and rugose between the 
eyes ; labrum and palpi fulvous ; antennae scarcely so long as half 
the body, filiform. Thorax transverse, strongly punctate-sulcate 
near anterior margin, sides arcuate with reflexed narrow margins, 
strongly widened before the middle, closely and very finely punc- 
tured, punctures aciculate. Scutellum smooth. Elytra trans- 
versely foveolately impressed below the base, with a small piceous 
spot within the depression, regularly punctate-striate, punctures 
much finer towards apex, interstices at sides (particularly near 
shoulders) subcostate. Legs elongate; femora with a minute tooth. 
“ Length 5 mm. 
11 Hub. India orient.” ( Lefevre ). Bengal: Mandar ; Trich- 
inopoly. 
There are some specimens from the last-named localities before 
me which I refer to this species : one, apparently a male, is of 
more elongate and narrow shape, with the head testaceous at base, 
piceous in front, strongly but partially subrugosely punctured ; 
everything agrees with Lefevre’s description, but it was clearly a 
slip of the pen on his part to say “ the sides of the thorax are 
widened before middle,” it ought to be “ behind the middle ” as is 
the case with all other species. 
535. Nodostoma longicorne, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 79. 
Fulvous ; legs testaceous, knees piceous; elytra with the lateral 
margins anteriorly black. 
<d . Head finely and rather remotely punctured; clypeus 
separated from the face by a few deep punctures ; palpi testaceous; 
antennae fulvous, as long as the body, apical joints darker, fourth 
"joint rather longer than the third. Thorax transverse, strongly 
