TRICIIOCIIRYSEA. 
393 
Head deeply and remotely punctured ; vertex convex, purplish, 
middle depressed, greenish ; anterior border of clvpeus broadly 
emarginate, sides angulate ; labrura and palpi black. Antenna; 
with basal joint metallic green above, terminal five compressed 
and widened, opaque. Thorax subcylindrical, sides strongly 
deflexed, lateral margins straight, posterior margin rounded, 
produced at the middle ; disc deeply and rather remotely punc- 
tured, clothed with short pubescence, a space near the anterior 
margin more finely and closely punctured ; a broad purplish baud 
extends across the disc near base and to the sides. Scutellum 
violaceous. Elytra more deeply but scarcely more closely punc- 
tured ; interstices near base slightly transversely rugose, impressed 
with a few smaller punctures ; shoulders prominent ; surface 
greenish ; suture narrowly purplish, a similarly coloured band 
from within shoulders to suture ; another band from below 
shoulders runs parallel with the first, not extending to apex of 
elytra ; posterior portion of lateral margins similarly coloured. 
Below dark blue, parapleurae of breast clothed with thick yellow 
pubescence. Legs metallic green. 
Length 8 mm. 
Hah. Burma : Shwegu. Type in Genoa Mus. 
All the purplish bands although visible are obscure, the pubes- 
cence is short and not close. 
698. Tricliochrysea liebe, Baly (Bromius), Journ. of JEntom. ii, 1864, 
p. 220. 
Purplish ; elytra metallic bright cupreous, a transverse band 
below base, angulate at middle and extending downwards and a 
sutural and a lateral band purplish. 
Short and ovate. Plead closely and strongly punctured ; 
antennae black, second joint obscure fulvous, terminal joints 
thickened, not extending to middle of elytra. Thorax sub- 
quadrate, not much broader than long, closely and strongly but 
not confluently punctured, clothed with erect black pubescence. 
Scutellum purplish. Elytra much wider than the thorax, with 
a shallow transverse basal depression, scarcely more strongly 
punctured than the thorax, punctures extremely closely placed in 
irregular rows ; surface pubescent like that of the thorax ; a trans- 
verse band at base greenish-cupreous, followed by a purplish band 
which sends off a short branch at the middle downwards ; a 
narrow sutural and a marginal baud likewise purplish ; posterior 
portion of elytra metallic cupreous like the base. Beneath and 
the legs purplish. Eemora with a small tooth ; tibiae slightly 
curved, anterior tibiae thickened at apex. 
Length 6-7 mm. 
Hah. Burma; Siam. 
The above description is taken from a specimen in my collection 
named by Baly himself. The species is one easily recognized by 
its system of coloration. 
