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nearly as strong as that on the thorax, arranged in closely approxi- 
mate rows ; interstices feebly longitudinally costate at sides only. 
Legs robust, unarmed, tarsi broad. 
5 . Thorax less strongly punctured ; elytra with a short row of 
tubercles below shoulders ; tarsi less robust. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hob. Southern India : Trichinopoly. Type in Coll. Jacoby. 
Very like N. macidiceps, but the thorax longer and less trans- 
verse in shape, the elytra only feebly costate at the sides, punctures 
less closely placed. 
608. Nodostoma dimidiatipes, sp. n. 
Head and thorax dark fulvous, finely pubescent ; elytra testa- 
ceous, sutural and lateral margins anteriorly, spot behind the 
middle and underside black ; basal joints of antennae, base of 
femora, apices of tibiae and the tarsi pale fulvous. 
Closely allied to N. antiquum, smaller, rather broad and oblong; 
head and thorax similarly sculptured and pubescent ; elytra very 
strongly punctate -striate, interstices feebly convex at sides; 
anterior legs elongate, femora strongly thickened, unarmed. 
Length 24 mm. 
Hah. Southern India : Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 
Differs in the markings of the elytra and colour of underside 
from other pubescent species. 
Elytra otherwise marked, non-pubescent . 
609. Nodostoma ful voias datum, sp. n. 
Eulvous ; thorax and sides of breast black ; elytra black, a broad 
transverse band behind the middle fulvous. 
5 . Subquadrately ovate.. Head fulvous, impunctate, with a 
narrow central groove ; clypeus not separated from the face, 
studded with a few punctures on the sides and middle, anterior 
margin subtriangularly emarginate ; an ten me flavous, long and 
slender, apical three joints thickened, piceous. Thorax very 
short, more than twice as broad as long, sides strongly angulated 
behind the middle, obliquely narrowed in front ; anterior margin 
fulvous, followed by a distinct sulcus ; surface minutely aud re- 
motely punctured. Elytra with deep transverse basal depression, 
strongly punctate-striate within shoulders and in the depression, 
rest of the surface very finely, nearly obsoletely punctured, punc- 
tures near suture more distinct; a short, oblique, strongly raised 
costa runs from the shoulders to the lateral margin at the basal 
portion. Legs pale fulvous; femora with a minute tooth beneath. 
Length 34 mm. 
Bab. Assam Valley (Doherty). Type in Brit. Mus. 
610. Nodostoma momeitense, sp. n. 
Eulvous ; elytra with a black spot on each below base ; the 
apex of the posterior or of all the femora black. 
d . Subquadrate-ovate. Head nearly impunctate, only a single 
