TBICHOCHRTSEA. 393 



Head deeply and remotely punctured ; vertex convex, purplish, 

 middle depressed, greenish ; anterior border of clypeus broadly 

 emarginate, sides angulate ; labrura and palpi black. Antenna? 

 with basal joint metallic green above, terminal five compressed 

 and widened, opaque. Thorax subcylindrical, sides strongly 

 deflexed, lateral margins straight, posterior margin rounded, 

 produced at the middle ; disc deeply and rather remotely punc- 

 tured, clothed with short pubescence, a space near the anterior 

 margin more finely and closely punctured ; a broad purplish baud 

 extends across the disc near base and to the sides. Scutellum 

 violaceous. Elytra more deeply but scarcely more closely punc- 

 tured ; interstices near base slightly transversely rugose, impressed 

 with a few smaller punctures ; shoulders prominent ; surface 

 greenish ; suture narrowly purplish, a similarly coloured band 

 from within shoulders to suture; another band from below 

 shoulders runs parallel with the first, not extending to apex ot 

 elytra ; posterior portion of lateral margins similarly coloured. 

 Below dark blue, parapleurae of breast clothed with thick yellow 

 pubescence. Legs metallic green. 



Length 8 mm. 



Hob. Burma : Shwegu. Type in Genoa Mus. 



All the purplish bands although visible are obscure, the pubes- 

 cence is short and not close. 



698. Trichochrysea hebe, Baly (Bromius), Journ. of Entom. ii, 1864, 

 p. 220. 



Purplish; elytra metallic bright cupreous, a transverse band 

 below base, angulate at middle and extending downwards and a 

 sutural and a lateral band purplish. 



Short and ovate. Head closely and strongly punctured; 

 antennae black, second joint obscure fulvous, terminal joints 

 thickened, not extending to middle of elytra. Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, not much broader than long, closely and strongly but 

 not confluently punctured, clothed with erect black pubescence. 

 Scutellum purplish. Elytra much wider than the thorax, with 

 a shallow transverse basal depression, scarcely more strongly 

 punctured than the thorax, punctures extremely closely placed in 

 irregular rows ; surface pubescent like that of the thorax : a trans- 

 verse band at base greenish-cupreous, followed by a purplish band 

 which sends off a short branch at the middle downwards; a 

 narrow sutural and a marginal band likewise purplish ; posterior 

 portion of elytra metallic cupreous like the base. Beneath and 

 the legs purplish. Femora with a small tooth ; tibia? slightly 

 curved, anterior tibi thickened at apex. 



Length 6-7 mm. 



Hob. Burma; Siam. 



The above description is taken from a specimen in my collection 

 named by Baly himself. The species is one easily recogni/.ed by 

 its system of coloration. 



