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CllRYSOMELIDJE. 
but elougate, extending to middle of elytra. Thorax transverse, 
strongly narrowed in front, sides strongly angulate near base, 
anterior transverse sulcus very deep ; surface very sparingly and 
finely punctured on the disc, closely punctured on the sides. 
Scutellum black. Elytra with a distinct depression at base, strongly 
punctate-striate near the base and sides, more finely punctured 
posteriorly, the punctures very distinct to apex. Anterior femora 
dilated, with a distinct tooth beneath. 
Length 3 mm. 
Bab. Tenasserim : Tavoy, Mergui. Type in Brit. Mus. 
Elytra black or nearly so. 
588. Nodostoma semiglabratum, sp. n. 
Eulvous; elytra black. 
Head impunctate ; clypeus with a few fine punctures ; basal 
five joints of antennse fulvous, rest in the type and only known 
specimen wanting. Thorax transverse, sides angulated some 
distance from base, the base twice as broad as at apex, anterior 
sulcus distinct at the sides only, surface scarcely perceptibly 
and very sparsely punctured. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra oblong, 
base strongly convex, shoulders very prominent, sulcate within ; 
puncturation only distinct within the depression, rest of surface 
nearly impunctate ; some very fine punctures arranged in a row 
are visible near the suture. Legs and underside fulvous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hab. Burma ; Toungoo. 
There is a single specimen of this species in the collection of 
Mr. H. E. Andrewes, which differs from N. variabilis , Duv. in 
the nearly impunctate elytra and in the angle on the thoracic sides 
being placed further from the base. 
589. Nodostoma glabricolle, sp. n. 
Eulvous ; elytra bluish -black. 
Head with the clypeus very sparsely punctured ; the latter 
deeply emarginate anteriorly ; antennae with the basal five joints 
testaceous ( rest wanting in the type and only specimen recorded) , 
third and fourth joints equal, very elongate. Thorax about half as 
broad again as long, sides angulated near base, anterior sulcus deep, 
entire ; surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra 
oblong, parallel-sided, feebly depressed beloAv base, finely and rather 
closely punctate-striate, the punctures, as usual, finer towards the 
apex. Blanks of thorax nearly smooth. Femora unarmed, fulvous. 
Length 3| mm. 
Hah. Southern India: Trichinopoly (Coll. Jacoby). 
Amongst the species with blue or black elytra and fulvous 
thorax, there is none in which the thorax is entirely impunctate 
as in the present species. 
