TRICUOTIIECA. 401 



excavated, apex truncate. Elytra broader than the thorax, sides 

 parallel, above convex, each elytron with eleven rows of deep 

 punctures, the first abbreviated, outer striae indistinctly sulcate ; 

 interstices smooth and shining; two parallel patches immediately 

 below the base, the first within shoulders narrowly oblong, second 

 on outer margin still more narrow and elongate, and a large subovate 

 patch behind the middle, shining black. Beneath shining, more 

 sparingly pubescent. 



Fig. \3Q.-Trichotheca hirta. 



Var. Elytra entirely black or fulvous. 

 Length 4% mm. 



Hob. Northern India ; Sikhiui : Kurseong ; Manipur. 

 Baly described the black variety only, but I cannot distinguish 

 from the type specimens that are entirely fulvous. 



709. Trichotheca basifemorata, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. JBelg. xxxvi 

 1892, p. 410. 



" Sides of vertex, thorax and scutelluin fulvous ; elytra blackish- 

 aeneous ; metasternum and abdomen piceous ; pro- and meso- 

 sternum, base of femora, a spot on the tibiae and base of antennae, 

 fulvous. 



" Head pubescent, middle of vertex piceous, deeply impressed, 

 space at base of antennae raised, a transverse groove between the 

 eyes ; antennae three-fourths the length of the body, basal joint 

 very thick, second short, third more than double as long as second, 

 fourth as long as the preceding two joints united, terminal joints 

 shorter 'and rather more robust, basal three fulvous, rest black. 

 Thorax subcylindrical, scarcely broader than long, sides suban- 

 gulate a little behind the middle ; surface slightly convex, verv 

 strongly punctured, interstices smooth, pubescence sparse, short 

 and fulvous. Elytra much wider at base than the thorax, oblong, 

 rather short, transversely depressed below the base near the scu- 

 tellum ; surface very deeply punctured in rows, punctures finer 



YOL. i. 2 B 



