NODOSTOMA. 
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590. Nodostoma abdominalis, sp. n. 
Eulvous; apical joints of antenna?, knees and abdomen partly 
piceous ; elytra metallic bluish-black. 
Head strongly and very remotely punctured ; clypeus wedge- 
shaped, separated from the face by some deep punctures, anterior 
border strongly triangularly emarginate ; antennae very slender, 
basal six joints fulvous, rest dark piceous, third and fourth joints 
very elongate, equal, terminal joints shorter. Thorax twice as 
broad as long, sides strongly angulated near base, anterior sulcus 
deep and entire, surface very closely and strongly punctured 
throughout. Scutellum dark fulvous. Elytra with deep depression 
below base, puncturation very deep and strong, less so at apex, 
rows more closely approximate at the sides than on the disc. 
Legs and last abdominal segment fulvous, rest of abdomen and 
the breast piceous. Anterior femora with a very small tooth. 
Length 2| mm. 
Hab. Assam (Coll. Jacobg). 
591. Nodostoma sublaevipenne, sp. n. 
Eulvous ; elytra, breast, abdomen and the posterior legs black. 
Head im punctate ; clypeus not separated from the face ; 
antennae with the basal four joints flavous, rest black, terminal 
joints slender and elongate. Thorax about half as broad again as 
long, sides obliquely narrowed anteriorly, rounded near the base, 
no anterior sulcus, surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum black. 
Elytra wider at base than the thorax, subquadrately ovate, base with 
deep transverse depression, the latter with the commencement of 
three rows of punctures, another short row within shoulders ex- 
tending to base, rest of the surface entirely impunctate ; suture 
accompanied by a deep striga. Anterior legs fulvous, apex of the 
intermediate femora, their tibiae and tarsi and the entire posterior 
legs black. 
Length 3.1 mm. 
Ilcib. Burma : Momeit. Type in Brit. Mus. 
A very distinct species on account of the rounded sides of the 
thorax at base, the black and almost impunctate elytra and the 
colour of the legs. I have seen only a single specimen, which is 
apparently a female. 
Upper surface piceous or black ( sometimes luith aeneous lustre ). 
Elytra tuberculate or costate. 
392. Nodostoma tuberosum, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 78, pi. x, fig. 4. 
Dark brown. Head closely and distinctly, vertex more remotely, 
punctured ; clypeus not separated from the face, anterior margin 
perfectly straight, surface clothed with a little silvery pubescence ; 
antenna? with the basal three joints fulvous, rest in the type 
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