508 CHEYSOMELIDJE. 



slightly thickened, extended only a little beyond the thorax in 

 the $ . Thorax subquadrate, about half as broad again as long, 

 sides straight or slightly concave at the base, rounded in front, 

 anterior angles dentiform, surface rather strongly but irregularly 



Fig. 170.Chrysoclms sikhima. 



and subremotely punctured. Scutellurn smooth, ovately rounded. 

 Elytra much wider at the base than the thorax, perceptibly 

 depressed behind the base, very finely punctured, the interstices 

 everywhere finely aciculate or scratched. Legs rather elongate ; 

 claws bifid, the inner portion short. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hab. Sikhim (Coll. Jacoby). 



May be known by the sparsely punctured head, short joints of 

 the antennae, and the finely punctured and aciculate elytra. The 

 two specimens before me seem to be females. 



883. Chrysochus nilgiriensis, sp. n. 



Metallic green ; labrutn and basal joints of antennae fulvous. 



Head remotely and rather finely punctured, deeply longitudin- 

 ally sulcate at the middle ; clypeus not separated from the face, 

 strongly punctured ; antennae not extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, basal joint greenish, the following three fulvous, rest black, 

 third joint half as long again as the fourth, terminal joints equal, 

 slightly thickened. Thorax transverse, nearly twice as broad as 

 long, very slightly widened at the middle, lateral margins feebly 

 rounded and finely strigose, angles acute, surface rather strongly and 

 subremotely punctured, interstices somewhat unevenly raised here 

 and there. Scutellum metallic blue, rather broad, with two small 

 foveae. Elytra much wider than the thorax, with a shallow trans- 

 verse depression below the base, closely punctured in rows ; punc- 

 tures stronger within the depression and anteriorly than posteriorly 



