172 ALAKTIN JACOBY 



49. Heteraspi.s el;^'i>eata, n. sp. 



Obscure aeneous, above purplish, closely pubescent ; the basal 

 joints of the antenme, fulvous; clypeus with a lon^ tooth ((/); 

 thorax extremely closely punctured; elytra closely semi-punctate- 

 striate, clothed with short white pubescence. 



Length 3-3 V2 lines. 



Head closely punctured at the vertex, metallic greenish or 

 bluish; the clypeus deeply conca ve-emarginate, the sides prolon- 

 ged into a broad tooth ; labrum metallic green ; the right man- 

 dible strongle developed ; antennae half the length of the body, 

 filiform, the terminal joints not widened, the lower 5 joints 

 fulvous, the basal one stained with aeneous above, the rest 

 black ; thorax quite twice as broad as long , the sides slightly 

 rounded, not narrowed in front, the surface extremely closely 

 and strongly punctured, the punctures nearly confluent at the 

 sides, the interstices clothed with short white pubescence, purplish, 

 the sides more bluish ; scutellum metallic green ; elytra with a 

 shallow depression below the base, the shoulders prominent, the 

 punctuation less crowded than that of the thorax and arranged 

 in semi-regular rows which become indistinct near the apex, the 

 surface pubescent like the thorax ; legs metallic green ; tarsi black. 



Bhamò , June , August. 



I must separate this species from //. vestita and others on 

 account of the transversely shaped and very closely punctured 

 thorax in connection with the short whitish pubescence and the 

 purplish colour of the elytra ; the punctuation of the thorax is 

 quite evenly and does not consist of larger and smaller , but 

 similar-sized punctures which are almost confluent ; the female 

 has a simple clypeus. 



5U. Heteraspis vax'ieg"ata5 n. sp. 



Metallic blue or purplish ; antenntc black, the terminal joints 

 dilated; thorax with a dark purplish semicircular band, deeply 

 punctured ; elytra with short white pubescence, greenish, each 



