388 CHRYSOMELIDJE. 



Characters those of the group ; clypeus toothed ; thorax sub- 

 quadrate, often with a tubercle near the anterior angles, closely- 

 pubescent like the rest of the surface. 



687. Trichochrysea bhamoens.is, sp. n. 



5 . Dark violaceous ; second, third and fourth joints of 

 antennae fulvous, rest black. 



Broad, subquadrate, clothed with grey pubescence. Head 

 strongly and closely punctured, a small tubercle at the middle ; 

 clypeus with the anterior border semicircularly emarginate ; 

 labrutn black; antennae extending only to base of elytra, third 

 joint half as long again as the second, nearly as long as the 

 fourth, terminal joints longer than broad. Thorax about half as 

 broad again as long, sides slightly constricted at base, lateral 

 margins feebly rounded anteriorly ; surface very closely but more 

 strongly punctured than the head ; pubescence long, grey and 

 black. Scutellum subquadrate, covered with long hairs. Elytra 

 with distinct depression below base, very closely punctured; punc- 

 tures uneven in size, gradually finer towards apex ; disc with two 

 or three obsolete longitudinal smooth lines ; shoulders very pro- 

 minent ; pubescence similar to that of thorax. Breast more dis- 

 tinctly, abdomen very finely, punctured ; legs clothed with long 

 pubescence ; intermediate tibiae strongly emarginate at apex. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hub. Burma: Bhamo (Coll. Jacoby). 



Distinguished from its congeners by the dark purplish colour, 

 the long grey pubescence and the sculpturing of the elytra. 



688. Trichochrysea rufofemoralis, sp. n. 



c?. Obscure dark aeneous, clothed with white pubescence; base 

 of femora fulvous ; antennae and tarsi black. 



Oblong. Head closely punctured, clothed with long white 

 and black pubescence ; clypeus deeply emarginate, sides produced 

 into a long point; labrum fulvous; antennae extending nearly 

 to apex of elytra, basal four joints more or less fulvous, 

 rest black, second and third joints equal, fourth and following 

 more elongate, terminal joint long and slender. Tliorax twice as 

 broad as long, of equal width, lateral margins rounded, surface 

 finely and extremely closely punctured, covered with long white 

 pubescence. Scutellum subquadrate, greenish. Elytra subcylin- 

 drical, oblong, with a very feeble depression below base, punctured 

 and pubescent like the thorax, apex obsoletely punctured. Upper 

 portion of breast, prosternum and coxae pale, base of femora darker 

 fulvous. Prosternum subquadrate, strongly punctured. Lower 

 portion of breast metallic greenish ; abdomen fuscous. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Burma : Toungoo. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



Easily distinguished by the colour of the underside, the femora 

 and tarsi. 



