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CHRYSOMELIDiE. 
Characters those of the group; clypeus toothed; thorax sub- 
quaclrate, often with a tubercle near the anterior angles, closely 
pubescent like the rest of the surface. 
687. Tricliochrysea bhamoensis, sp. n. 
5 . Dark violaceous ; second, third and fourth joints of 
antennae fulvous, rest black. 
Broad, subquadrate, clothed with grev pubescence. Head 
strongly and closely punctured, a small tubercle at the middle ; 
clypeus with the anterior border semicircularly emarginate; 
labrurn black ; antennae extending only to base of elytra, third 
joint half as long again as the second, nearly as long as the 
fourth, terminal joints longer than broad. Thorax about half as 
broad again as long, sides slightly constricted at base, lateral 
margins feebly rounded anteriorly ; surface very closely but more 
strongly punctured than the head; pubescence long, grey and 
black. Scutellum. subquadrate, covered with long hairs. Elytra 
with distinct depression below base, very closely punctured ; punc- 
tures uneven in size, gradually finer towards apex ; disc with two 
or three obsolete longitudinal smooth lines; shoulders very pro- 
minent ; pubescence similar to that of thorax. Breast more dis- 
tinctly, abdomen verv finely, punctured ; legs clothed with long 
pubescence; intermediate tibiae strongly emarginate at apex. 
Length 9 mm. 
Hob. Burma: Bhamo {Coll. Jacoby). 
Distinguished from its congeners by the dark purplish colour, 
the long grey pubescence and the sculpturing of the elytra. 
688. Tricliochrysea rufofemoralis, sp. n. 
3 . Obscure dark aeneous, clothed with white pubescence; base 
of femora fulvous ; antennae and tarsi black. 
Oblong. Head closely punctured, clothed with long white 
and black pubescence ; clypeus deeply emarginate, sides produced 
into a long point; labrurn fulvous; antennae extending nearly 
to apex of elytra, basal four joints more or less fulvous, 
rest black, second and third joints equal, fourth and following 
more elongate, terminal joint long and slender. Thorax twice as 
broad as long, of equal width, lateral margins rounded, surface 
finely and extremely closely punctured, covered with long white 
pubescence. Scutellum subquadrate, greenish. Elytra subcvlin- 
drical, oblong, with a very feeble depression below base, punctured 
and pubescent like the thorax, apex obsoletely punctured. Upper 
portion of breast, prosternum and coxm pale, base of femora darker 
fulvous. Prosternum subquadrate, strongly punctured. Lower 
portion of breast metallic greenish ; abdomen fuscous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hub. Burma : Toungoo. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 
Easily distinguished by the colour of the underside, the femora 
and tarsi. 
