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ClIRYSOMELIDiE. 
shoulders with a, short row of punctures ou the inner sides. 
Femora with a minute but distinct tooth. 
Length 4| mm. 
Hah. Assam : Sylhet ( Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
Amongst the larger species the present form may he known by 
the nearly impunctate thorax, sparingly punctured elytra and 
black legs. 
558. Nodostoma inconspicuum, sp. n. 
Obscure fulvous ; apical joints of antennae black ; knees and 
bases of tibiae obscure fuscous. 
$ . Head remotely and finely punctured on vertex, very strongly 
punctured on the clypeus, the latter not separated from the face 
apex of mandibles black ; antennae long and slender, third and 
fourth joints equal, basal four testaceous, rest progressively 
darkening to black. Thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, sides 
distinctly angulate near base; anterior sulcus entire, strongly punc- 
tured ; surface very strongly but subremotely punctured, punctures 
rather stronger at the sides. Elytra with deep basal depression and 
prominent shoulders, very strongly punctate-striate, punctures finer 
but distinct to apex, sides at shoulders with short oblique costa. 
Femora with short tooth. Prosternum subquadrate, strongly 
and remotely punctured. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hah. Assam : Patkai Mts. {Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
This form bears a close resemblance to N. cluvivieri , but is 
rather smaller, the elytra are without the sutural black stripe and 
are more distinctly punctured. The species may possibly be a 
local form of N. cluvivieri. 
559. Nodostoma subdepressum, sp. n. 
Fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black. 
$ . Ovate, subdepressed. Plead extremely finel} r and sparingly 
punctured at base ; clypeus more strongly but remotely punctate, 
scarcely separated from the face ; mandibles black ; antennae long 
and slender, basal four joints flavous, rest black. Thorax strongly 
transverse, sides angulate near base, strongly obliquely narrowed 
in front, anterior sulcus distinct and punctured at the sides only, 
rest of surface strongly and remotely punctured, punctures ex- 
tending to all the margins. Elytra deeply depressed below base, 
shoulders very prominent, deeply sulcate within, followed by 
short oblique costae running to lateral margins ; surface closely 
and somewhat irregularly punctate-striate, punctures stronger 
within depression and at the sides, two more regular and deeper 
rows of punctures near suture, latter deeply sulcate near the 
margins, interstiees at the same place with some minute punc- 
tures. Femora with a small tooth. 
Length 4 mm. 
