104 CETONIIN.?:. 



base gently excised in the middle. The sciUellum is barely punc- 

 tured . The ehjtra are distinctly punctured, some of the punctures 

 forming imperfect rows. The ]»ji/ldm„i is feebly punctured, the 

 mttasternum coarsely punctured at the sides, and the abdomen 

 smooth. The sternal lyrocess is slender and curved. 



The sexual differences are the same as those of T. gracillpes. 



Lciujth 30 mm.; hreadth 15 mm. 



SiKKiM : Darjiling, 



Tiijie in coll. \i. Oberthiir ; cotypes in the O.xford Museum. 



This species is very closely similar to T. (jracUipes and T. nepn- 

 lensis, from which it is distinguishable by the colouring of the 

 legs and the puucturation of the elytra and metasternum. The 

 lower surface of tlie bod}' is also darker than in the former species, 

 and the clypeal process does not attain so great a development as 

 that of 7\ nepalensis. 



80, Trigonophorus gracilipes. 



Trigonopbonis gracilipes, Tfesfjr.,* Trans. Ent. Soc. Loml. iv, 184o, 

 p. 88, pi. 4, fig-. .5. 



Slightly opalescent pea-green, sometimes suffused with fier}' 

 red. not very shining, with the tibiae dull red and the tarsi black. 



The body is moderately broad and depressed, and the legs are 

 rather slender. The head is strongly excavated, closely granulated 

 and slightly pubescent, with the sides convex and dilated in 

 front ; the clypeal process straight in front, not very slender nor 

 broadly dilated. The protliorax is coriaceous and punctured at 

 the sides, the scutelhun with scarcely perceptible punctures, the 

 eh/tra strongly punctured, some of the punctures forming incom- 

 plete rows. The sides of the pronotmn are completely margined, 

 tlie hind angles rather prominent, and the base gently excised in 

 the middle. The sides of the ehjtra are rather strongly sinuated. 

 The piigidhon is slightly rugose, the sides of the metastermim are 

 well ])unctured and thinly clothed with pale yellow hair, and the 

 abdomen is smooth. The sternal process is slender and curved. 

 The hind ttbice have a short fringe of pale hairs. 



c? . The posterior cephalic process is triangular, and the pro- 

 thorax tapers to the front. 



5 . The posterior cephalic process is loiig, moderately broad, 

 nearly parallel-sided, and slightly emarginate in front. The pro- 

 thorax is broad. 



Len(/ih 26-2S mm. ; breadth 13-o mm. 



iSiKKiM : Darjiling, Mungphu ; Bhutax ; Ass.iM : Manipur. 



Ti//H' in the Oxford ^fuseum. 



81. Trigonophorus hookeri. 



Trigonophorus liookeri, White,^ Proc. Zool. Soc. 185G, p. 14, pi. 41, 



Trigonoplionis jmrvus, Kraatz, Deutsche Ent. Zcitschr. 1894, p. i^Oo. 

 Bright green, jndigo, or deep blue, with the tibia?, the femora 



