NODOSTOMA. 
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plain, irregularly wrinkled on the sub-basilar depression. Femora 
with an acute tooth. 
Var. Thorax piceous, elytra black. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hah. Kashgar ; Jhelarn Valley ; Bengal : Mandar. 
Principally distinguished by the strong puncturation ofc' thorax 
and elytra, and the comparative length of the joints of antennae. 
539. Nodostoma duvivieri, sp. n. 
Fulvous ; thorax with two black bands ; elytra with a sutural 
black band from base to behind the middle, pointed at apex. 
Oblong. Head nearly impunctate ; clypeus with a few remote 
punctures ; antennae long and slender, fulvous. Thorax twice as 
broad as long, sides angulate behind the middle, obliquely nar- 
rowed to apex, anterior sulcus distinct at the sides only; surface 
strongly but remotely punctured on the sides, disc more sparingly 
punctured, a broad black patch from base to apex occupies almost 
the entire sides. Elytra oblong, with distinct depression below the 
base, rather strongly punctate-striate on the anterior two-thirds, 
apex nearly impunctate. Femora only moderately thickened, 
unarmed. 
Var. Thorax without bands. 
Length 3-3| mm. 
Hah. Burma : Momeit ; Ruby Mines. Type in Brit. Mus. 
Although very closely allied and of very similar coloration to 
N. hengalensis , Duviv., the present insect differs in the compara- 
tively strong puncturation of the thorax and elytra, these parts 
being nearly impunctate in A T . hengalensis. The specimens I take 
to be females are of broader and more subquadrate shape and have 
no markings on the thorax ; in other respects they are identical 
with the males. 
540. Nodostoma bistrigatum, sp. n. 
Testaceous ; thorax with central black spot ; elytra with sutural 
and lateral margins and a longitudinal short stripe at middle, 
black. 
Head strongly but remotely punctured on the vertex ; very 
closely punctured on the clypeus ; basal four joints of antennas 
testaceous, following two black, rest wanting in the type and 
only specimen. Thorax about half as broad again as long, sides 
angulate near base, anterior sulcus obsolete except at the sides, 
surface remotely and strongly punctured. Elytra oblong, sub- 
cylindrical, deeply depressed below the base, strongly punctate- 
striate anteriorly, more finely punctured behind the middle, inter- 
stices sparingly punctured, the black streak placed below depression 
between third and fifth rows of punctures. Femora unarmed. 
Length 3d mm. 
Hah. Ceylon (Coll. Jacohy). 
