NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 117 



Head not very strongly and subremotely punctured, the interstices 

 flat, not strigose, clypeus separated by a row of rather stronger 

 punctures only, its anterior edge very feebly emarginate, labrum 

 fulvous, antennae black, the lower six joints fulvous, the basal joint 

 piceous above ; thorax of equal width, the sides evenly rounded, 

 not narrowed in front, with a narrow margin, the surface metallic 

 green or cupreous, rather remotely and strongly punctured, the 

 punctures of equal size, scutellum sparingly punctured, elytra 

 scarcely more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures 

 arranged in closely approached irregular rows, the interstices 

 below the shoulders very slightly rugose; below nearly black, as 

 well as the legs. 



The principal character by which this species may be distin- 

 guished, is the want of any rugosities at the head, so frequently 

 found in most other species, the thorax is likewise devoid of any 

 rugosities and the elytral punctuation, although close, is not 

 crowded as is the case in C. geniculatum Jac. The nearly black 

 colour of the entire underside and that of the legs will further help 

 to distinguish the species ; there are ten specimens contained in the 

 present collection. 



CHRYSOCnUS HIRSUTUS n. sp. 



Dark violaceous blue, clothed with short silvery pubescence, the 

 antennae black, thorax subquadrate, closely rugose-punctate, elytra 

 deeply and closely punctured. 



Length 9 mill. 



Head closely and irregularly punctured, greenish, finely pubes- 

 cent, the epistome not separated from the face, punctured like the 

 head, its anterior margin moderately concave, labrum piceous, 

 antennae nearly extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the 

 terminal six joints dilated ; thorax about one half broader than long, 

 the sides nearly straight, slightly rounded at the middle, the surface 

 convex, closely rugose-punctate, the interstices sparingly clothed 

 with very short silvery hairs, scutellum with a depression, elytra 

 wider at the base than the thorax, depressed below the base near 

 the suture, much more strongly but less closely punctured than the 

 thorax, the punctures round and deep, the interior of each furni- 

 shed with a very short white hair; the underside and the legs 

 likewise covered with short pubescence; claws appendiculate, 

 prosternum and mesosternum elongate, narrowed between the 

 coxae. 



Hah. Birmah. 



This is a some what aberrant species, which however posesses all 



