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more distinctly costate, the thorax is rather more finely and 
closely punctured, but markings and sculpture vary a good deal. 
In some specimens there is a transverse elytral piceous band 
behind the middle, in others this is replaced by spots ; the thorax 
is also sometimes without the piceous band, and the only distin- 
guishing characters are the short and transverse shape of the 
thorax and its fine and close puncturation. 
537. Nodostoma cardoni, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Bely, vii, 1900, 
p. 108. 
Pale fulvous ; elytra with a spot below base and the lateral 
margins anteriorly greenish-black. 
Head remotely punctured, punctures finer on the vertex than 
in the middle ; antennae pale fulvous, third and fourth joints 
equal. Thorax short and strongly transverse, sides angulate 
close to base, strongly obliquely narrowed in front, anterior sulcus 
deep and entire; surface strongly punctured, punctures more closely 
placed and rather larger on the sides than on the disc. Elytra 
oblong, parallel- sided, deeply depressed below base, strongly punc- 
tate-striate, punctures deep and closely placed anteriorly, nearly 
obsolete at apex, interstices slightly convex. 
Var. Entirely fulvous. 
Length 4-5 mm. 
Hob. Bengal : Mandar. 
Very similar in size and colour to N. hipunctatum, Jac. but 
fiavous beneath, the thorax and elytra much more strongly punc- 
tured, puncturation of latter distinct to apex, not obsolescent behind 
the middle, interstices raised. Differs from IV. longicorne, Jac. in 
the shorter antennse and the strongly punctured thorax. 
Interstices of elytra not costate , often with longitudinal bands 
or transverse spots. 
538. Nodostoma concinnicolle, Baly, Cistula Ent. ii, 1880, p. 373. 
Pale piceous ; antennas and legs fulvous ; elytra fulvous with 
the lateral margins and two spots black. 
Head coarsely and deeply punctured, punctures on the extreme 
vertex closely crowded; antennas slender, filiform, second joint 
three-fourths the length of the third, the latter two-thirds the length 
of the fourth. Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides 
acutely angulate just in front of base, abruptly incurved just before 
apex, apical angle obtuse, hinder angle armed with a lateral tooth ; 
disc closely covered with large, round and deep punctures, on either 
side are a few short suberect griseous hairs. Scutellum longer 
than broad. Elytra convex, transversely depressed below basilar 
space, strongly punctate-striate ; on the transverse depression and 
also below the shoulders the puncturation is confused; interstices 
