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of the elytra. Its nearest allies are T, tuberculata and T. gestroi ; 

 from the former of these the last mentioned character will 

 certainly distinguish it, bat in the only specimen of T. gestroi 

 which I have seen, and which was determined by Gestro him- 

 self, the punctuation is quite as strong at the apex as in T. mellyi, 

 and apart from its smaller size and the stronger sculpture of 

 the elytra, which is more confluent near the suture in and about 

 the middle, it would be hard to separate it from the last-named 

 species. 



60. Tricondyla gestroi, Fleut. 



Tricondyla gestroi, Flentiaux, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1893, p. 500. 

 Tricondyla mellyi, Gestro (nec Chaud.), Ann. Mus. Genova, 1893, 

 p. 370. 



Nigro-violaceous, black or cyaneous black ; closely allied to 

 T, tuberculata, but a little more shining, with the orbital stria? 

 scarcely marked, and the pronotum more gibbous and less grad- 

 ually contracted in front ; the elytra are more abruptly and less 



Fig. 125. — Tricondyla gestroi. 



gradually narrowed in front, and the widened and convex part 

 behind is therefore more distinct; the sculpture of the middle 

 part is deeper and stronger, but the difference is not very apparent; 

 femora red, tibiae and tarsi dark brown. 

 Length 18-19 millim. 



Assam: Sylhet ; Burma: Karen-ni ; Cochin China. 



