248 Mr. H. E. Andrewes' Notes on the 



It does not seem to me quite sure that the Stettin 

 example belongs to the species in question, but I have 

 compared it with the description and made one or two 

 notes, Upperside black, elytra distinctly iridescent, front 

 of head piceous, neck, base of prothorax in middle, and 

 scutellary region dark red, antennae and legs testaceous 

 red, palpi testaceous yellow. The tooth of the mentum 

 appears to me to be simple, the palpi, which are intact 

 (deficient in the type), are of the ordinary form, the 

 mandibles are shghtly hooked and very sharp at the 

 apex, the second joint of the antennae is distinctly shorter 

 and hardly any thicker than the fourth. According to 

 Putzeys the second dorsal pore on the elytra is situated 

 rather behind the middle, but I can see no trace of it, 

 the only pores present being those near the base and apex 

 of the third interval. 



I have seen one other example of the species, from 

 Kurseong, differing only in the deeper striation and punc- 

 turation of the elytra. In this example also the tooth 

 of the mentum appears simple, and the second dorsal 

 pore is wanting. 



The only other Indian species known of this genus are 

 T. fasciatus Motch. (Bull. Mosc. 1851, iv, 506), and T. 

 championi Jeann. (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9), v, 1920, 

 109). Motchulsky's species, so far as I know, has not 

 been identified, and it seems doubtful if it belongs to the 

 genus at all. Of Dr. Jeannel's species I have cotypes in 

 my collection. Compared with the Stettin example, these 

 are a little smaller and darker, the upj)er surface shining 

 black, with hardly a trace of iridescence ; the head is less 

 contracted behind, the frontal foveae, instead of being 

 gently curved, form a distinct angle, and the joints of the 

 antennae are much shorter; the prothorax is wider, with 

 a deeper median line, especially behind, the posterior 

 transverse impression more uneven ; the elytra are a little 

 less convex, narrower, the striae and their punctures less 

 deeply impressed, the outer ones obsolescent, the recurved 

 striole at apex much longer. Striae 3 and 4 sometimes 

 join at apex, but do not join 2 ; in the Stettin example 

 (from Darjiling) they meet, but do not join 2, whereas 

 in the Kurseong example the three striae run together 

 rather irregularly at the hind dorsal pore. There are in 

 T. championi three dorsal pores, all comparatively small 

 and inconspicuous; in the two other examples the middle 



