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Show 7b MR. M. JACOBY ON THE [Feb. 1, surface very finely and sparingly punctured, rufous, with a small obscure piceous spot at the sides. Elytra with a distinct transverse depression below the base, the punctured striae very distinct anteriorly, less so posteriorly ; each elytron with a square-shaped black spot at the shoulder, a triangular one near the apex, and a common sutural elongate spot near the middle ; sides of the breast and the legs black ; all the femora with a small tooth ; claws bifid. Dikoya. A single specimen. NODOSTOMA BITUBERCULATUM, Sp. nOV. Testaceous ; the terminal joints of the antenna? black ; thorax strongly and closely punctured, angulate below the middle ; elytra strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, each elytron with two tubercles placed at the shoulders. Length 1 line. Head very strongly and remotely punctured; the epistome not separated from the front. Antennae nearly as long as the body ; the second joint not much shorter than the first, the fourth joint slightly longer than the third. Thorax twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, the sides angulate near the base; the surface strongly and closely rugose-punctate, without an anterior transverse groove. Elytra very slightly depressed below the base, the punctuation almost entirely absent near the apices ; the humeral callus in shape of an elongate tubercle, which is followed immediately below by another smaller tubercle, the space between these latter and the lateral margins deeply depressed ; underside of a more fulvous tint; femora with a minute tooth. Dikoya. The small size, closely and strongly rugose thorax, and the lateral tubercles of the elytra will help to separate the present species from its many congeners. NODOSTOMA B1PUNCTATUM, Sp. nOV. Testaceous; thorax angulate at the sides, finely punctured; elytra indistinctly punctured below the middle, the sutural and lateral margins and a spot below the base on each elytron black. Var. Elytra entirely black. Length 2 lines. Head with a few fine punctures between the eyes ; the epistome not separated from the face; eyes distinctly sinuate. Antennae slender and filiform, the apical joints not thickened, testaceous, the fourth joint distinctly longer than the third. Thorax short, narrowly transverse, greatly widened towards the base, the sides subangulate close to the latter; the surface with a narrow transverse groove in front of the anterior margin, rather closely and finely punctured. Scutellum obscure fulvous or piceous; its apex broadly rounded. Elytra with a deep depression below the base, distinctly punctured above this depression only, the rest of the surface obsoletely punctate, the interstices very slightly raised ; the sutural and lateral margins |
