196 Mr. J. S. Baly on the Phytophaga. 



fere obsoleta; antennis gi'acilibus, dimidio corporis longioribus, articulo 

 primo incrassato, quinque sequentibus filiformibus, duobus basalibus 

 brevibus, fequalibus, cfeteris pauUo longioribus, inter se sequalibus, 

 quinque iiltimis modice dilatatis, valde compressis ; mandibulis ro- 

 bustis, apice dentatis ; labro transverso-quadrato ; pcdparmn articido 

 idtimo oblongo-ovato, apice truncato. Tliorax transversus, dorso sub- 

 cylindricus, lateribus declivi-niarginatis. Elytra tborace paiillo latiora, 

 breviter oblonga. Pedes robusti, tihiis intermediis extrorsum ante 

 apicem emarginatis, nngtdcuHs dentatis. Prosternum transverso-qua- 

 dratum ; antepedoris processu autero-laterali subcuueiformi. 

 Type, Trichochri/sea 3£ouhoti, Baly. 



Distiuguislied from Calomorj)ha, Stal, by the toothed clypeus, the 

 more slender antennae, the broader and more distinctly margined 

 thorax, the more prominent jaws, &c. 



Trkliochrysea vestita. 



T. oblonga, subcylindrica, cupreo-jsnea, nitida, subrugoso-punctata, un- 

 dique pilis gi-iseis suberectis obsita ; antennis gi'acilioribus, basi fulvis 

 extrorsum nigris. — Long. 3J lin. 



Hab. Northern India. 



Whole body clothed -ndth long suberect silky pubescence ; clypeus 

 produced on either side into a stout tooth ; labram smooth, rufo- 

 jeneous ; antennag more slender than in the former species, the terminal 

 joints less incrassate; thorax subglobose above, closely punctured, 

 either side, just within the anterior angle, furnished with a slightly 

 raised smooth tubercle. 



Trichoclirysea MouJioti. 



T. oblonga, subcylindrica, viridi-oenea, aureo-tincta, pube brevi sub- 

 erecta sparse vestita, antennis extrorsum mandibulisque nigris, supra 

 aurea, vertice thoracisque fascia lata baseos utrinque abbreviata antice 

 emarginata viridi-metallicis ; elytris breviter oblongis, fortiter subcrebre 

 punctatis, viridi-limbatis, utrisque fascia ante, vittaque pone medium 

 coeruleis, viridi marginatis. — Long. 4-5 lin. 



Var. A. Cyanea, elytrorum vitta infi-a basin caerulea. 



JTab. Cambogia. 



Head broad, forehead impressed with a short longitudinal groove, 

 lower portion of face coarsely punctured, irregularly longitudinally 

 strigose-rugose, lower edge deeply excavated, concave, either extremity 

 produced into a stout tooth, epistome very small, and forming only a 

 small ti'ansverse lobe, which projects from the middle of the excavated 

 margin ; thorax deeply punctured ; scutellum transverse, its apex ob- 

 tuse ; elytra more closely pimctured, the puncturing on the inner disk 

 indistinctly arranged in stria?. 



