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punctate-striate, puncturation much finer near apex ; femora with 
a minute teoth. 
Length 3-4 mm. 
Hub. Ceylon : Dikoya. 
The depression of the elytra is much less marked than in most 
other species, the antennae are very long, and the general shape 
is elongate. 
556. Nodostoma puncticolle, Lefev. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1889, 
p. 295. 
Van. Nodostoma birmanicum, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 
1892, p. 898. 
Obscure fulvous ; labrum and palpi darker; basal four joints of 
antennae fulvous, rest fuscous. 
Head sparsely punctured, punctures large and deep ou clypeus. 
Thorax transverse, sides abruptly angulate before base, from thence 
to apex oblique, anterior sulcus punctate ; disc strongly and rather 
closely, sides as strongly and confluently, punctured. Elytra 
much broader at base than the thorax, transversely impressed 
below base, strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, finely punctured 
towards apex. Eemora with small tooth ; apex of tibiae and the 
tarsi fuscous. 
Vcir. Head and thorax fulvous, elytra bluish-black. 
Length 4-4 j mm. 
Hah. India : Punjab ; Burma (Coll. Jacoby ). Tonkin. 
Of this species, principally distinguished by the strong and 
partly confluent puncturation of the thorax, I possess two speci- 
mens, both named by Lefevre — one from Tonkin, the other from 
India. I am unable to find any structural differences between 
them. The puncturation of the thorax is close but not so close as 
on the sides. On more careful examination I am disposed to 
think that N. birmanicum, Jac. is a variety of this species. 
•557. Nodostoma sylhetense, sp. n. 
B . Dark fulvous ; antennae (basal joints excepted) and legs 
black. 
Oblong-ovate. Head very sparingly and finely punctured ; 
clypeus not separated from the face, studded with a few fine 
punctures, anterior margin nearly straight; mandibles broad, black; 
antennse long, terminal joints rather widened, very elongate, basal 
three and base of fourth flavous, third and fourth joints equal. 
Thorax scarcely twice as broad as long at base, sides obtusely 
angulate near base, strongly obliquely narrowed in front, anterior 
sulcus deep and entire, surface entirely impunctate. Elytra broadly 
ovate, with short and deep transverse depression below the base 
impressed with a few punctures, rest of surface nearly impunctate, 
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