TBICHOCHRYSEA. 391 



Head rather finely and closely punctured ; clypeus not separated 

 from face ; mandibles and palpi piceous ; antennae two-thirds the 

 length of the body, terminal joints scarcely thickened, basal three 

 or four joints fulvous, rest black. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 sides straight, slightly convergent in front ; surface strongly and 

 closely punctured, clothed with long black and white hairs. 

 Scutellum sparingly punctured. Elytra scarcely depressed below 

 base, shoulders prominent, disc strongly and rather closely punc- 

 tured; punctures arranged in somewhat regular rows, greatly 

 diminishing towards the apex; interstices with long black and 

 white hairs ; the cupreous sutural band greatly narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, not quite extending to apex, the lateral band broader. 

 Legs piceo-aeneous. 



Length 5' mm. 



Jfab. Burma : Bhamo. Type in Genoa Mus. 



694. Trichochrysea clypeata, Jac, (Heteraspis) Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genova, xxvii, 1889, p. 172. 



Obscure aeneous beneath, purplish above, closely pubescent; 

 basal five joints of antennae fulvous, rest black, basal joint aeneous ; 

 labrum, scutellum and legs metallic green. 



Fig. 136. Trichochrysea clypeata. 



cJ . Head closely and very finely punctured on vertex, pubescent; 

 clypeus with a broad tooth at the sides ; antennae about half 

 the length of the body, much shorter in the female, terminal 

 joints scarcely widened. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides 

 feebly rounded, not narrowed anteriorly, surface extremely closely 

 and more strongly punctured than the head, clothed with short 

 white and long erect black hairs, puncturation nearly confluent on 

 the sides. Elytra with a shallow depression below the base, punctu- 

 ration slightly stronger than that on the thorax and arranged in very 

 close irregular rows, interstices pubescent like those on the thorax. 



Length 6-7 mm 

 Hal. Burma : Bhamo 



