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OHRYSOMELIDjE . 
A very short and rather broad species sufficiently distinguished 
by the elytra! markings. 
614. Nodostoma obscuro-maculatnm, sp. n. 
Obscure pale fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black; elytra 
testaceous, some small elongate spots at base and another spot 
near the apex piceous. 
Head closely and strongly punctured, shining ; antennae slender, 
basal four joints testaceous, rest black, third joint slightly shorter 
than the fourth. Thorax about half as broad again as long, obtusely 
angulated behind the middle, strongly narrowed in front, anterior 
sulcus narrow but distinct, surface finely and closely rugose- 
punctate. Elytra elongate, with deep basal depression, strongly 
punctate-striate ; interstices closely and strongly longitudinally 
costate ; two short piceous spots at base of outer two rows of 
punctures within shoulders, another spot on third costa near 
suture and apex. 
Length 2| mm. 
Hub. Southern India : Nilgiris. Type in Brit. Mus. 
Although closely allied and of nearly similar sculpture to 
JST. corrosicollis, evidently distinct on account of the non-rugosely 
punctured and shining head, less strongly rugosely-punctured 
thorax, and the elytral spots, on which the punctures are also 
less regularly placed. 
615. Nodostoma ornatum, sp. n. 
Greenish-aeneous ; antennae and legs fulvous ; elytra with a 
round spot at base and an elongate spot at middle near suture, 
fulvous. 
Oblong-ovate. Head strongly rugose-punctate, obscure fulvous 
on the vertex ; clypeus not separated from the face, semicircu- 
larly emarginate in front ; labrum aeneous ; palpi fulvous ; basal 
seven joints of the antennae fulvous, rest wanting iu the type and 
only specimen, second joint as long as the first, more slender, 
third slightly longer. Thorax transversely subcylindrical, sides 
deflexed, lateral margins feebly rounded, anterior sulcus distinct 
only near the angles ; surface extremely closely punctured, the 
punctures crowded at the sides and partly confluent. Scutellum 
subquadrate, impunctate. Elytra broadly ovate, with a feeble de- 
pression below the base, strongly punctate-striate, apex very finely 
punctured ; first four interstices fulvous behind the middle, thus 
forming an elongate patch. Femora strongly thickened, with 
distinct tooth beneath. 
Length 4! mm. 
Hah. Southern Bombay: Kanara (Coll. If. E. Andrewes). 
A peculiarly marked species that differs somewhat structurallv 
from other species in the genus in the proportionately long second 
joint of the antennae and in the shape of the thorax, which is not 
