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apex of the segment and ending in a well-marked tooth ; tibige of the 

 anterior and intermediate legs constricted at base ; basal abdominal 

 segments sub-depressed, the 2nd and 3rd marked above with V-shaped 

 depressions, apical segment sub-compressed. Dark shining blue, a broad 

 stripe on each side of the face, interrupted by the scape of the antennae, 

 white ; the anterior four legs, the base of the coxse, the trochanters, 

 femora, tibise and tarsi, except at their apex, the base and a band across 

 the Ist abdominal segment, a band across the 2nd, and the apical margins 

 above narrowly of the 3-5 segments, honey-yellow ; antennae black, 

 the 10-16 and the apical four joints of the fiagellum white ; the apex of 

 the posterior coxffi, femora and tibia3, and the claw-joint of the tarsi of 

 all the legs black ; ovipositor black, the side sheaths with a broad 

 sub-apical ring white ; wings hyaline, a fuscous spot on the forewing 

 at the junction of the radial with the cubital cells, tegulje and nervures 

 testacious. 



9» Length 17, of ovqjositor 13 ; ewp. 27 mm. 



Hab. Sikhira, 1,000 to 4,000 feet. 



Family Chrysided.e, Leach. 



4. Chrysis cupreiventris, sp. nov. 



9. Head, thorax, and abdomen densely and rather coarsely punctured, 

 granular ; eyes slightly convergent below, front broad, with a fine 

 T-shaped carina between the eyes ; abdomen with a medial longitudinal 

 carina on the 2nd and 3rd segments above, 3rd segment ending in 

 four well-marked dentations with a row of six sub-apical fovea above 

 the dentations ; head and thorax brilliant steel-blue, the face below 

 the base of the antennpe, the posterior margin of the pronotum, the 

 tegulae, borders of the thorax above, the sides beneath the wings, the 

 pectus and the coxse, femora and tibia3 of the leg, golden-green ; the 

 antennse and the tarsi black, the scape of the former golden- oreen 

 above ; the clypeus, front cheeks, and sides of the thorax covered with 

 somewhat long, soft, white pubescence ; abdomen coppery-red, the 2nd 

 segment above in the middle steel-l:)lue, abdomen beneath blue-green, 

 the 2nd segment with a large lateral rounded spot at base ; wings hyaline, 

 slightly fuscous on the disc of the forewing, nervures dark brown. 



9. Length 10 ; e.rp. 21mm. 

 Hab, Simla. 



