196 Mr. J. B. Baly on the l'hytophaga. 



fere obsoleta ; antennis gracilibus, dimidio corporis longioribus, articulo 

 primo incraaaato, quinque sequentibus filiformibus, duobus basalibus 

 bievibus, ©gualibus, caeteris paullo longioribus, inter so Bsqualibus, 

 quinquo idtimis modice dilat at is, valde compressis ; mandibulis ro- 

 bufltis, apice dentatis; kibro transverso-quadrato j palparum articulo 

 ultimo oblongo-ovato, apice truncate. Thorax transversus, dorso sub- 

 cylindricufl, latcribus decli\ i-marginatis. Elytra tborace paullo latiora, 

 broviter oblon-m. Pedes robusti, tibiis intenncdiis extrorsum ante 

 apicem emarginatis, unyuicidis dentatis. Prosternum transverso-qua- 

 dratum ; antepeetoris processu antero-laterali subcuneiformi. 

 Type, Triehochrysea Mouhoti, Baly. 



Distinguished from Cahmorjpha, Stal, by the toothed clypeus, the 

 more slender antenna), the broader and more distinctly margined 

 thorax, the more prominent jaws, &c. 



Triehochrysea vestita. 



T. oblonga, subcylindrica, cupreo-amea, nitida, subrugoso-punctata, un- 

 dique pilia griseis suberectis obsita ; antennis gi'acilioribus, basi fulvis 

 extrorsum nigris. — Long. 3| lin. 



Hub. Northern India. 



Whole body clothed with long suberect silky pubescence ; clypeus 

 produced on either side into a stout tooth ; labrum smooth, rufo- 

 reneous; antenna? more slender than in the former species, the terminal 

 joints less incrassate; thorax subgloboso above, closely punctured, 

 either side, just within the anterior angle, furnished with a slightly 

 raised smooth tubercle. 



Triehochrysea Mouhoti. 



T. oblonga, subcylindrica, viridi-amca, aureo-tincta, pube brevi sub- 

 erecta sparse vestita, antennis extrorsum mandibulisque nigris, supra 

 aurea, vertice thoracisque fascia lata baseos utrinque abbreviata antice 

 emarginata viridi-mctallicis ; elytris breviter oblongis, fortiter subcrebre 

 punctatis, viridi-limbatis, utrisque fascia ante, vittaque pone medium 

 caeruleis, viridi marginatis. — Long. 4-5 lin. 



Var. A. Cyanea, elytrorum vitta infra basin camilea. 



Ilab. Cambogia. 



Head broad, forehead impressed with a short longitudinal groove, 

 lower portion of face coai'sely punctured, irregularly longitudinally 

 strigose-rugose, lower edge deeply excavated, concave, either extremity 

 produced into a stout tooth, epistome very small, and forming only a 

 small transverse lobe, which projects from the middle of the excavated 

 margin; thorax deeply punctured; scutellum transverse, its apex ob- 

 tuse; elytra more closely punctured, tlie puncturing on the inner disk 

 indistinctly arranged in stria'. 



