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CHRYSOMELIDiE. 
punctate on clypeus, the latter not separated from the face ; 
basal four joints of antennae rufous, rest black. Thorax nearly 
twice as broad as long, sides very obtusely augulate behind the 
middle ; surface coarsely punctured, a narrow space along middle 
of apical border slightly thickened, impunctate, smooth and 
shining. Scutellum bluish-black. Elytra broadly oblong, trans- 
versely excavated below base, shoulders strongly raised ; surface 
distinctly punctate-striate, puncturation much finer behind the 
middle, nearly obsolete at apex ; a strong longitudinal costa near 
outer border, from humeral callus to commencement of apical 
third of elytron, anterior half of costa flexuose. Hinder pair of 
femora armed with a small tooth ; extreme bases of all tibiae 
piceous. 
Length G mm. 
Hcib. Southern India : Nilgiris ; Travancore. 
In some specimens only the basal three joints of the antennae 
are fulvous. Differs from N. hciroldi , Jac. in the black tibiae and 
tarsi and larger size. 
580. Nodostoma sikliimense, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Bel(/. vii, 1900, 
p. 102. 
Beneath black ; head, thorax and part of legs fulvous ; elytra 
metallic green ; tarsi black. 
Head remotely but strongly punctured at middle ; anterior border 
of clypeus triangularly emarginate ; antennae black, basal two 
joints fulvous, terminal joints stout, elongate. Thorax twice as 
broad as long, sides obsoletely angulate behind the middle, strongly 
narrowed in front, anterior sulcus distinct only at sides ; surface 
very sparingly punctured, slightly more closely and strongly at 
the sides. Scutellum black. Elytra subquadrate-ovate, deeply 
depressed below base, strongly, rather closely and somewhat 
irregularly punctate-striate, apex nearly impunctate. 
Var. The knees, tibia and tarsi of the anterior and intermediate 
legs and the whole of the posterior legs black. 
Length G mm. 
Hah. Sikhim. 
Can be separated from N. dormeri by f lie black underside and 
the much more sparingly punctured thorax ; the puncturation of 
the head and thorax is, however, subject to some variation, some 
specimens being much more sparingly punctured than others, but 
none so closely and strongly punctured as JS T . dormeri. 
581. Nodostoma indicum, Jac. Entomologist Suppl. 1892, p. 86. 
Metallic green ; basal joints of antennae, head and thorax 
fulvous. 
Subquadrate-ovate. Head coarsely and remotely punctured ; 
clypeus deeply triangularly emarginate in front, bidentate at the 
sides anteriorly ; antennae black, long and slender, basal four joints 
