CIILORIDOLUM. 199 



glabrous and subnitid. Head puiictulate densely above and very 

 spai'sely or not at all in front. Antenntc about twice as long as 

 the body in the <^ , one-fourth longer than the body in the $ ; 

 iirst joint strongly but rather sparsely punctured, subsulcate along 

 its front face, and produced in a sharp angle or tooth at the apex. 

 Prothorax with a strong sharp tubercle at the middle of each side, 

 and an obtuse transversely elongated tubercle near the front 

 margin ; the upperside transversely striated except over the 

 middle cf the disc; the disc slightly raised, and tuberculate on 

 each side, just in front of the basal constriction. Scutellum 

 smooth near tlie base and impressed with a median groove ; more 

 or less riigulose posteriorly. Body beneath green ; the hind 

 breast sparsely pubescent ; the abdomen glabrous, very glossy 

 and with a slightly brassy tint. Hind femora of the t? extending 

 well beyond tlie apex of the elytra ; first joint of the hind tarsi 

 about equal in length to the remaining joints united. 



Len;/th '25-3S ; breadth 6^-9^ mm," 



JIah. Bhutan ; Assam ; Manipur. 



217. Chloridolum trogoninum, Pascoe I'Callichroma), Tmns. Ent. Soc 



(2) v, p. i>4 (18o9j. 



Metallic green, with the legs and antennae very dark blue, the 

 latter covered except near the base with a faint black pubescence ; 

 prothorax with two patches on the disc, and the elytra each with 

 a broad sub-sutural band, covered with short black tomentum. 

 Head punctured closely on top, rather sparsely in front, impressed 

 with a median line that extends from the clypeus to the vertex. 

 Antennse of d' longer than twice the body ; first joint closely 

 punctate ; third barely longer than the fourth and not quite as 

 long as the fifth. Prothorax transversely plicate and glossy, 

 except on the disc between the anterior and posterior transverse 

 groove ; this central area has a dull granulated appearance, but 

 bears sometimes a smooth glossy line or band along the middle. 

 Scutellum smooth and shining. Elytra m ith a short sutural band 

 behind the scutellum, and a band, somewhat brassy in colour, that 

 begins at the shoulder and runs backwards along the middle of 

 each elytron, distinctly and ratlKsr closely punctate, and glossy; the 

 rest of the surface very finely granulated and dull. Body beneath, 

 except the prothorax, faintly covered with a greyish pubescence 

 which gives silvery reflections in certain lights. Femora closely 

 punctulate, the hind pair very closely and more finely than the 

 others ; tarsi brownish black. 



Lenr/th 18-31; breadth o-S mm. 



IJab. Ceylon. 



218. Chloridolum alcmene, Thorns. Si/st. Cerumb. p. .568 (1865). 



Metallic green ; the legs and antennas dark blue, passing into 

 bluish-black or black towards the extremities; prothorax with a 

 closely rugulose-pnnctured area, more or less covered with black 



