TItIClIOTIIECA. 
491 
excavated, apex truncate. Elytra broader than the thorax, sides 
parallel, above convex, each elytron with eleven rows ot’ deep 
punctures, the first abbreviated, outer striae indistinctly sulcate ; 
interstices smooth and shining; two parallel patches immediately 
below the base, the first within shoulders narrowly oblong, second 
on outer margin still more narrow and elongate, and a large subovate 
patch behind the middle, shining black. Beneath shining, more 
sparingly pubescent. 
Var. Elytra entirely black or fulvous. 
Length mm. 
Bab. Northern India ; Sikhim : Kurseong ; Manipur. 
Balv described the black variety only, but I cannot distinguish 
from the type specimens that are entirely fulvous. 
709. Trichotlieca basifemorata, JDuviv. Ann. S'oc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 
1892, p. 410. 
“ Sides of vertex, thorax and scutellum fulvous ; elytra blackish- 
rnneous ; metasternum and abdomen piceous ; pro- and meso- 
sternum, base of femora, a spot on the tibiae and base of antennae, 
fulvous. 
“ Elead pubescent, middle of vertex piceous, deeply impressed, 
space at base of antennae raised, a transverse groove between the 
eyes ; antenna) three-fourths the length of the body, basal joint 
very thick, second short, third more than double as long as second, 
fourth as long as the preceding two joints united, terminal joints 
shorter and rather more robust, basal three fulvous, rest black. 
Thorax subcylindrical, scarcely broader than long, sides suban- 
o-ulate a little behind the middle ; surface slightly convex, very 
strongly punctured, interstices smooth, pubescence sparse, short 
and fulvous. Elytra much wider at base than the thorax, oblong, 
rather short, transversely depressed below the base near the scu- 
tellum ; surface very deeply punctured in rows, punctures finer 
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