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vertex of the head is impressed with elongate punctures ; the 

 thorax is about twice as broad as long , scarcely narrowed in 

 front and closely and distinctly punctured ; the elytra have the 

 shoulders not very prominent and closely and rather strongly 

 punctured, the interstices being here and there more finely 

 punctate ; this description differs somewhat from that given by 

 M/ Baly of the same species in the Trans. Ent. Soc. 18G7. 



47. Heter*a,spis vestita, Baly 



Metallic dark blue or iEneous ; antennae (the basal joints 

 excepted) black, filiform ; tliorax and elytra strongly punctured, 

 clothed with white and black puljescence, the shoulders pro- 

 minent. 



Length 3-4 Vo lines. 



Head moderately closely punctured at the vertex more strongly 

 and distantly at its lower portion ; labrum obscure dark blue 

 or piceous ; clypeus with a distinct tooth in the male; antenme 

 slender, the apical joints scarcely widened, the three lower ones 

 fulvous, the others black ; thorax slightly widened towards the 

 apex, closely and strongly punctured with a more or less di- 

 stinct dorsal carina , clothed like the head with long whitisli 

 hairs ; the anterior angles with a distinct smooth tubercle ; scu- 

 tellum finely punctured ; elytra subquadrate, slightly transversely 

 depressed below the base , the shoulders prominent , the punc- 

 tuation close and strong , consisting of larger and smaller 

 punctures, whicii tow^ards the apex get much finer. 



Bhamò, July. Meetan in Tenasserim, April. 



//. vestita differs in several particulars from //. hirta especially 

 in the more slender antennie and in their scarcely dilated 

 terminal joints ; the thorax is of somewhat different shape, less 

 transverse and more widened in front and has a raised central 

 more or less distinct ridge; the shoulders of the elytra are 

 much more acute and prominent and the white pubescence is 

 intermixed with stiff long black hairs which are absent in 

 H. hirta. I have given a renewed description of this species 



