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003. Nodostoma hirsutum, sp. n. 
Piceous, strongly pubescent ; base ot‘ femora and the elytra 
dark fulvous. 
Oblong. Head dark fulvous, strongly and closely punctured 
and rugose, sparingly pubescent; eyes entire; clypeus not sepa- 
rated from the face ; antennae scarcely extending to middle of 
elytra, basal four joints fulvous, rest nearly black, second joint 
curved, elongate and as long as the third, fourth longer than the 
third, following joints slightly thickened. Thorax about half as 
broad again as long, sides distinctly angulated behind the middle, 
obliquely narrowed anteriorly, surface finely and closely rugose 
and pubescent, interstices subtuberculate anteriorly. Scutellum 
piceous, punctured and pubescent, rather large, subpentagonal. 
Elytra wider at base than the thorax, parallel-sided, subcylindrical ; 
entire surface strongly and closely rugose, irregularly punctured 
and clothed with long yellow pubescence. Femora incrassate, 
minutely toothed beneath. Prosternum very broad, finely rugose 
and pubescent. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hab. Assam : Patkai Mts. Type in Brit. Mus. 
A very aberrant species, which, although it possesses nearly all 
the structural characters of the genus, differs in the long second 
joint of the antennae, the entirely rugose upper surface and the 
long although rather sparingly distributed pubescence above. 
Notwithstanding these structural differences, I prefer at present to 
locate it in this genus. 
604. Nodostoma cribricolle, sp. n. 
Flavous. Head finely granulate, sparingly punctured, opaque; 
clypeus semicircularly emargiuate ; antennae black, basal three 
joints flavous, second joint as thick as the basal joint but shorter, 
terminal joints scarcely thickened. Thorax half as broad again 
as long, sides angulated just behind the middle, apex and base 
strongly obliquely narrowed, anterior sulcus feeble but distinct ; 
surface closely and finely punctured and wrinkled, clothed with a 
little extremely short pubescence. Elytra oblong, with distinct 
basal depression, strongly and closely punctate-striate, punctura- 
tion nearly as strong at apex, an obscure fuscous elongate mark 
behind the middle. 
Length 3 mm. 
liab. Southern India: Nilgiris. Type in Brit. Mus. 
Allied to A. pubicolle, Jac., disc without markings, elytra more 
regularly punctate, not irregularly punctured at base near suture 
as in the allied species. 
605. Nodostoma antiquum, sp. n. 
Head and thorax fulvous ; apical joints of antennas black ; 
•elytra testaceous ; femora more or less piceous. 
Head closely rugose and sparingly pubescent ; basal four joints 
