THERATES. 



297 



the apex of the femora, and variable ; underside pitchy or pitchy 

 red. 



Length 7 4—8 millim. 



Assam : Patkai Hills ; Burma : Pegu ; Tenasserim. 



There is a small series in very bad condition, unnamed, in the 

 Indian Museum, in which the colour of the elytra is very variable, 

 the testaceous tint prevailing. 



77. Therates chenelli, Bates. 



Therates chenelli, Bates, Cist. Ent. ii, 1878, p. 835. 

 Therates concinnus, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Genova, 1888, p. 105. 



A small species, with the elytra very variable in colour, except 

 that the light yellow fascia just behind the middle seems to be 

 more or less distinct, though often ill-defined in front and merging 



into the testaceous colour 

 of the front part ; labrum 

 testaceous or reddish tes- 

 taceous, occasionally with 

 the base and sides darker ; 

 head and pronotum black, 

 more or less metallic, ver- 

 tex broad, frontal sulci 

 strong, subparallel, with a 

 small impression at the base 

 of each ; antenuse pitchy, 

 with the basal joints light 

 underneath; pronotum with 

 the globose part distinctly 

 transverse, smooth and 

 shining, strongly con- 

 stricted before and behind ; 

 elytra more or less testa- 

 ceous on their anterior 

 Fig. 136.— Therates chenelli. part, with or without darker 



markings ; behind the 

 middle is a yellow band ; the anterior testaceous colour may 

 reach this or may be separated from it by a dark irregular band ; 

 posterior third dark, with the apex unicolorous or testaceous (the 

 latter may be a sexual character) ; the punctuation is diffuse but 

 strong, and gradually gets finer towards apex ; on the posterior 

 third it is sometimes more or less obsolete ; legs variable, testaceous, 

 with the posterior tarsi lighter, with dark claws, or with the 

 anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi pitchy, and the posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi whitish with the base of the former and the claws 

 black ; underside black or in part pitchy red, metasternum with 

 traces of feeble sculpture. 

 Length 8^-9 millim. 



Assam : Naga Hills, 2000 ft. ; Burma : Karen Hills. 



