106 



CEToyiix.T:. 



aud the posterior process rectangular and not dilated in 

 front. 



Lcnrfth 27-31 mm. ; Ireaclth 14-16 mm. 



SiKKiM : Mungplui, Darjiliug, Karsiaug. 



Type in the British Museum ; cotypes in coll. R. Oberthitr. 



This is the most brilliant species of the genus. It is very closely 



Fitr. 24. 



-Trhiono])Jiori(s sciniillans, and head of male (above) i'roin 

 the side, and female (below) from above. 



related to T. nepalensis, but generally larger and more strongly 

 punctured. The femora have a slight metallic green lustre, and 

 the metasternuni is shining. The posterior horn of the fi'inale is 

 rectangular instead of hannner-shaped. 



83. Trigonophorus feae. 



Trifjfonophoius feto, Gcstro* Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) x, 1891, p. 841, 

 pi. 2, tig. 5. 



Bright green, with the tibiie and sides of the hind co.xa' rod 

 aud the tarsi black. 



5> . The form is rather broad. The clypeus is rather short, 

 closely granulated, excavated, with the sides curved and not much 

 elevated ; the anterior process is strongly dilated and tn'sinuate 

 in front and the posterior lobe long, not slender, dilated and 

 straight in front. The ^»-o/7<o>Y(.r, scnteUnni and chjtra are 

 coriaceous and indistinctly punctured, a few of the punctures 

 upon the elytra forming imperfect rows. The firothora.v is broad 

 and rather thit, with the hind angles rather prominent and the 

 base very feebly excised before the scutellum. The pyr/idiwn is 

 finely rugose and setose, and the sides of the body beneath are 

 coriaceous and scarcely ])unctured. The sternal ^)?'Of<'i<f.s is very 

 slender, sharply pointed, and nearly straight. 



