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several species of true Scelodota for instance S. vittata Oliv. and 

 others which proves what genus he had in his mind. The generic 

 name of Heteraspis cannot therefore be used for the insects in 

 question as Westwood's name is much older^ and the name of 

 Tricha chrysea Baly must be substituted which contains the types of 

 the true species at présent placed in Heteraspis, while Bromius 

 should be adopted for the European species B. (Adoxus) vitis Fab. 

 Ail the species of Trichochrysea inhabit India, China ect. but never 

 Africa as far as we know and it is somewhat remarkable that both 

 Chapuis and Lefèvre should hâve overlooked the types mentioned 

 by Blanchard which are true species of Scelodonta. 



Trichochrysea purpureamaculata n. sp. — Metallic pur- 

 plish or hlue, pubescent, head rugose, thorax drongly and closely 

 punctured, elytra semi-regularly and strongly punctate, the sides 

 transversely wrinkled, dark hlue^ two spots helowthe hase and another 

 near the apex, purplish, — Length, 10 mill. 



Of broadly subquadrate-ovate shape, the head closely rugose- 

 punctate, purplish, the sides and the anterior edge of the clypeus, 

 metallic green, the latter concave-emarginate at the anterior 

 margin, mandibles black, antennse with the basai four joints dark 

 fulvous, the others black, the terminal three joints very strongly 

 flattened and widened ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 subcylindrical, the latéral margins nearly straight and somewhat 

 sinuate, the anterior angles slightly thickened, the dise strongly 

 and rather closely punctured, clothed like the head with short 

 silvery pubescence, the anterior margin narrowly metallic green, 

 scutellum broad, subpentagonal, strongly punctured ; elytra punc- 

 tured like the thorax, but the punctuation arranged in closely, semi- 

 regular rows, and the interstices also sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured, near the shoulders they are slightly transversely wrinkled, 

 the whole surface clothed with pubescence like that of the thorax, 

 below the base a shallow dépression is visible in which a transverse 

 purplish band consisting of two united spots is placed, another 

 similar spot is situated at some distance from the apex, underside 

 and legs blue and metallic green, clothed with long grey hairs, the 

 intermediate tibias emarginate near the apex. 



Hab. Tharrawaddy, Judia (my collection). 



Allied to T. mouhoti Baly but of différent coloration, the head 

 differently sculptured as well as the elytra, the latter distinguished 

 by the two purplish spots and the silvery pubescence. 



Phygasia indica n. sp. — Dark fulvous, the apical joints of the 

 antennœ, the middle ofthe abdomen and the tibiœ and tarsi blackish, 

 thorax impunctate, elytra extremely minutely and sparingly punctu- 

 red. — Length, 5 mill. 



