TIIICHOCHRYSEA. 
391 
Head rather finely and closely punctured ; clypeus not separated 
from face ; mandibles and palpi piceous ; antennae two-thirds the 
length of the body, terminal joints scarcely thickened, basal three 
or four joints fulvous, rest black. Thorax twice as broad as long, 
sides straight, slightly convergent in front ; surface strongly and 
closely punctured, clothed with long black and white hairs, 
bcutellum sparingly punctured. Elytra scarcely depressed below 
base, shoulders prominent, disc strongly and rather closely punc- 
tured ; punctures arranged in somewhat regular rows, greatly 
diminishing towards the apex; interstices with long black and 
white hairs ; the cupreous sutural band greatly narrowed pos- 
teriorly, not quite extending to apex, the lateral band broader. 
Legs piceo-mneous. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hob. Burma : Bhamo. Type in Genoa Mus. 
694. Trichochrysea clypeata, J ac . (Heteraspis) Ann.- Mus. Civ. 
Genova , xxvii, 1889, p. 172. 
Obscure aeneous beneath, purplish above, closely pubescent; 
basal live joints of antennae fulvous, rest black, basal joint aeneous : 
labrum, scutellum and legs metallic green. 
Fig. 136 . — Trichochrysea clypeata. 
<$ . Head closely and very finely punctured on vertex, pubescent: 
clypeus with a broad tooth at the sides ; antennae about half 
the length of the body, much shorter in the female, terminal 
joints scarcely widened. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides 
feebly rounded, not narrowed anteriorly, surface extremely closely 
and more strongly punctured than the head, clothed with short 
white and long erect black hairs, puncturation nearly confluent on 
the sides. Elytra with a shallow depression below the base, punctu- 
ration slightly stronger than that on the thorax and arranged in very 
close irregular rows, interstices pubescent like those on the thorax. 
Length 6-7 mm. 
Hah. Burma : Bhamo. 
