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Show 80 MR. M. J A C O B Y O N T H E [Feb. 1, depression, but being narrowed posteriorly along the lateral margin. Legs long and slender, testaceous, the knees obscure piceous ; the femora armed with a small tooth. The variety, which I believe is a female, is of larger size, the elytra are less strongly punctured and entirely dark fulvous ; the terminal joints of the antennse are also stained with fuscous ; but in all other respects this specimen agrees with the type. N longicorne may be distinguished from numerous other similarly coloured species by the long antennae and the finely punctured head and thorax. NODOSTOMA FAIRMAIREI, sp. nov. Pale testaceous ; antennse (the two or three basal joints excepted) black, tarsi stained with piceous; thorax strongly and remotely punctured; elytra with basal depression, strongly punctured anteriorly, more finely towards the apices. Length lf-2 lines. Head remotely but strongly punctured, the epistome not separated from the face. Antennae two thirds the length of the body, the first joint short and dilated, the third and fourth thin and of nearly equal length, the others slightly thicker. Thorax scarcely twice as broad as long in the male, the sides subangulate below the middle, narrowed in front, the surface strongly punctured at the sides and anteriorly, the interstices slightly rugose. Elytra subcylindrical, parallel, distinctly depressed below the base, the punctuation rather strong anteriorly, gradually diminishing posteriorly. Legs rather long ; the femora armed with a small tooth; the extreme apices of the tibiae and the tarsi stained with piceous. Dikoya. N. fairmairei differs from N. obliteratum in the much stronger punctuation of the head and thorax, the shorter and nearly black antennse, and in the similarly coloured apices of the tibae. NODOSTOMA OBLITERATUM, sp. nov. Pale flavous; antennse as long as the body; head and thorax with a few fine punctures, the latter angulate near the base; elytra with basal depression, very finely punctured anteriorly, the punctures nearly obsolete below the middle. Length l|-2 lines. Head with a few scarcely visible punctures; the epistome not separated from the front; jaws piceous. Antennae slender, fulvous, the terminal joints more or less stained with fuscous. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long, the sides strongly narrowed in front, distinctly angular near the base ; surface with a distinct narrow groove close to the anterior margin, very finely and sparingly punctured. Elytra slightly broader at the base than the thorax, the sides parallel, the shoulders moderately prominent, the subbasilar depression distinct but not deep, the punctuation much more distinctly visible anteriorly than posteriorly, where only traces of it can be seen under a strong lens ; femora armed with a small tooth. Dikoya. |
