HETEROTRICHUS. 



463 



second closely articulated with the third, the two conjointly being 

 heart-shaped; in Acroihinium the three joints are of equal width, 

 the second is less closely articulated with the third. 



804. Lophea melancholica, Baly, Journ. Ent. ii, 1865, p. 442. 



Black or bluish-black, subnitidous. 



Head rugose, front impressed with a longitudinal groove ; clypeus 

 transverse, anterior margin slightly 

 concave ; antennae two-thirds the 

 length of the body, terminal five 

 joints compressed, slightly dilated 

 forming a club. Thorax about one- 

 third as broad again as long, very con- 

 vex, sides parallel, sinuate posteriorly, 

 convergent in front, angles acute ; 

 surface coarsely punctured, sometimes 

 with a smooth longitudinal middle 

 line. Scutellum somewhat ovate, 

 smooth, concave. Elytra parallel- 

 sided, apex broadly rounded, surface 

 obsoletely impressed below basilar area, 

 coarsely punctured, clothed like the 

 rest of the body with coarse griseous 

 hairs. Legs robust, all the tibiae dilated 

 externally at apex. Breast and abdomen 

 more finely punctured than the upper 

 surface, clothed with silvery pubescence. 

 Length 10 mm. 



Hob. Burma (Coll. Brit. Mus.}. 



Fig. 159. 



Lophea melancholica. 



Genus HETEROTRICHUS. 



Heterotrichus, Chapuis, Gen. CoUopt. x, 1874, p. 316 ; Lefev. Cat. 

 Eumolp. 1885, p. 118. 



Type, H. balyi, Chapuis, from Siam. 



Range. Burma; Siam. 



Subquadrate, pubescent. Head and eyes partly inserted in 

 thorax, clypeus not separated from the face. Antennae scarcely 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, basal joint globular, third 

 to the sixth more elongate and slender, following joints 

 broadly dilated and flattened, broader than long. Thorax trans- 

 verse, convex, subquadrate, sides feebly rounded. Scutellum 

 subovate. Elytra much wider at base than the thorax, very 

 convex. Legs moderately long ; femora fusiform, with a small 

 tooth beneath ; tibiae dilated at apex, entire, longitudinally sulcate ; 

 tarsi broadly subtriangular, equal ; claws appendiculate. Pro- 

 sternum subquadrate, with groove at the sides for reception of part 

 of the antennae. 



