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2 . Thorax more transverse, elytra very strongly costate at sides. 
Length 3| mm. 
Hah. Assam: Patkai Mts. Type in Brit. Mus. 
Differs from N. lefevrei, Jac. in the sparsely punctured head, the 
much less transversely shaped thorax, non-rugose sides of the 
elytra and the smaller general size. 
Elytra not costate or tuberculate. 
595. Nodostoma piciinane, sp. n. 
Beneath dark piceous, above black ; labrum and the basal and 
apical joints of antennae fulvous. 
Oblong. Head strongly and remotely punctured ; clypeus with 
the margins obscure fulvous, surface punctured like the head ; 
antennae slender, basal three and apical two joints fulvous. 
Thorax transverse, acutely angulated behind the middle ; anterior 
sulcus entire, deep at sides ; surface very strongly and somewhat 
sparsely punctured, interstices at the sides somewhat convex. 
Scutellum broad, smooth. Elytra subcylindrical, parallel-sided, 
deeply depressed below base and within shoulders, strongly 
punctate-striate, puncturation gradually diminishing posteriorly. 
Legs black, knees obscure piceous or fulvous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hah. India {Coll. Jacoby). 
596. Nodostoma imitans, sp. n. 
Piceous or black ; basal joints of antennae and head more or 
less fulvous. 
<y . Head rather strongly and closely punctured ; anterior border 
of clypeus strongly emarginate ; antennae with the basal four 
joints fulvous, rest black, third and fourth equal. Thorax half as 
broad again as long, sides very strongly angulated just behind the 
middle, strongly obliquely narrowed in front and at base, anterior 
sulcus entire, surface strongly and closely punctured. Elytra with 
deep basal depression, shoulders very prominent ; surface strongly 
punctate-striate anteriorly, finely punctured towards apex, the 
punctures widely separated. Eemora unarmed. 
Length 2j mm. 
Hah. Manipur {Coll. Brit. Mas.). 
Closely allied to JS r . obscurum , Jac., but constantly smaller, the 
thorax less closely punctured, the elytral interstices not costate in 
either sex and the punctures much more widely separated ; there 
is also a slight greenish tint on the surface of the elytra. 
597. Nodostoma angulicolle, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely.'xxxv i, 1892. 
p. 408. 
“ Body beneath, legs, head (anterior portion excepted) and 
thorax piceous ; scutellum fulvous ; antennae black, base paler ; 
elvtra greenish-black. 
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