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This species is nearest to A. lubricata (Nurse) described from Deesa, 

 but differs in the sculpturing, and in the greater part of the femora 

 being black, and not red. I have several specimens of the $, but only 

 one of the $, and as it is much smaller than the other sex, it may be 

 an unusually small specimen. 



HOMOGAMBEUS CREON, n. Sp. 



$ Clypeus and front smooth and shining, rnesonotum, scutellum, 

 and post scutellum sparsely punctured, median segment striate, the 

 striations longitudinal at base, oblique at the sides, almost semicircular 

 at apex in the centre, abdomen minutely punctured ; front above the 

 base of antennas raised almost tuberculate, median segment roundly 

 truncate posteriorly, abdomen scarcely as long as thorax. Black; the 

 mandibles, legs, and apical abdominal segment red ; the apical margins 

 of the abdominal segments very narrowly reddish ; pubescence silvery, 

 in some lights with a golden tinge, especially on the clypeus and front; 

 the bases of 1st and 2nd abdominal segments more or less pruinose ; 

 wings hyaline, nervures and tegulea pale testaceous. 



Long. 6-7 mm. 



Habitat : Deesa, five specimens : Quetta, one specimen. The 

 latter has the whole abdomen red, but does not appear to differ in 

 other respects from the Deesa specimens, and I conclude it must be 

 the same species. 



This genus has not previously been recorded from India, in fact only 

 a few species are known. 



HOMOGAMBRUS MENELAUS, U. Sp. 



$ Front minutely but not very regularly, vertex and thorax 

 more coarsely punctured, median segment finely reticulate, abdomen 

 minutely punctured ; head broader than the thorax, clypeus very 

 prominent and convex, its apical margin nearly transverse, with two 

 notches in the centre ; the portion of the front above the base of 

 antennae raised, smooth and shining; eyes convergent towards tho 

 vertex, but not meeting, their distance apart at vertex being about half 

 as much again as the distance of the anterior ocellus from the margin 

 of the eyes ; posterior ocelli flattened, but not obsolete ; antenna? with 

 the scape as long as the 2nd and 3rd joiuts of the flagellum united, the 

 second being slightly the longer ; median segment with a semicircular 

 portion at base reticulate ; abdomen scarcely longer than thorax, apical 

 segment with a smooth and not very clearly defined pygidium. 



