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022. Pseudostonopa bicolor, Jac. Ann. Sue. Ent. Bela, xlvii, 1903, 
p. 99. 
Dark fulvous, more or less marked with black ; thorax with broad 
black band; legs spotted, apex of tibhe and the tarsi fulvous. 
6- Head closely punctured anteriorly; clypeus longitudinally 
striate at the anterior edge, the latter triangularly emarginate; 
Fig. 122. — Pseudostonopa bicolor. 
antennae fulvous, terminal joints more or less piceous. Thorax with 
disc more or less piceous, closely punctured at middle, sides with 
a more or less distinct transverse sulcus. Elytra feebly depressed 
below base, with short rows of tine punctures, distinct only below 
the base ; the base and the apex fulvous, disc more or less black. 
Legs fulvous. Beneath more or less piceous. Tibhe widened at 
apex, first joint of anterior tarsi dilated. 
5 . Thorax without sulcus ; anterior tarsi less widened than in 
the A . Otherwise similar. 
Var. Nearly black ; apex of elytra flavous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hah. Southern India : jSTilgiris. 
The amount of black on the elytra is variable, and sometimes 
assumes the shape of a longitudinal band ; the knees also are more 
or less piceous in some specimens, in one specimen they are nearly 
black ; a small humeral spot, the anterior margin of" the thorax 
and apex of elytra alone are pale fulvous. 
623. Pseudostonopa biplagiata, Jac. (Nodostoma) Ann. Mas. Civ. 
Genova, xxvii, 1889, p. 162. 
Piceous; basal joints of antennec, head, anterior margin of 
thorax, legs and abdomen fulvous ; elytra fulvous, each with 
a discoidal oval black spot. 
2 . Oblong and subcylindrical ; upper portion of head im- 
punctate ; clypeus strongly and remotely punctured, anterior 
margin feebly emarginate ; antenna) with the basal three joints 
flavous, rest more or less fuscous, joints rather short and stout, 
third joint shorter than the second and fourth, apical joint scarcely 
