. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ostlypitchy and with other dark markings. Length 12 millim. (11 mm. sine lahro). Assam : Khasi Hills. 76. Therates dohertyi, W. Bom. Therates dohertyi, W. Horn, Stettin. Ent. Zeit. 1905, p. 277. One of the smallest speciesof the genus ; labrum reddishtestaceous; head and pronotummetallic blue or aeneous; headwith two strong frontal sulciwhich terminate behind in moreor less distinct impressions, some-times obsolete; antennae pitchyred, with the basal joints darker ;palpi testaceous ; pronotum lesstransverse and more globular t
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ostlypitchy and with other dark markings. Length 12 millim. (11 mm. sine lahro). Assam : Khasi Hills. 76. Therates dohertyi, W. Bom. Therates dohertyi, W. Horn, Stettin. Ent. Zeit. 1905, p. 277. One of the smallest speciesof the genus ; labrum reddishtestaceous; head and pronotummetallic blue or aeneous; headwith two strong frontal sulciwhich terminate behind in moreor less distinct impressions, some-times obsolete; antennae pitchyred, with the basal joints darker ;palpi testaceous ; pronotum lesstransverse and more globular thanin T. chenelli; elytra dark, withan elongate testaceous spot at eachshoulder, sometimes encircling theraised basal callosities, which aremarked with testaceous at thebase ; there is also on each justbehind middle a rather narrowstraight or lunate spot, and theapex is testaceous ; the sculptureFig. ] 35.— Therates dohertyi. is distinct, but more or less diffuse towards base, and almost obsolete< n the posterior third; legs testaceous but somewhat darker at. THERATES. 297 the apex of the femora, and variable; underside pitchy or pitchyred. Length 74—8 millim. Assam : Patkai Hills ; Burma : Pegu ; Tenasserim. There is a small series in very bad condition, unnamed, in theIndian 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. concinnus, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Genova, 1888, p. 105. A small species, with the elytra very variable in colour, exceptthat the light yellow fascia just behind the middle seems to bemore or less distinct, though often ill-defined in front and merging into the testaceous colourof the front part; labrumtestaceous or reddish tes-taceous, occasionally withthe base and sides darker;head and pronotum black,more or less metallic, ver-tex broad, frontal sulcistrong, subparallel, with asmall impression at the baseof each ; antenus
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