COLLECTED AT BACHTAN, KAISAA, ETC. 123 



ferruginous, the tegulae rufo-testaceous. Abdomen black with a bkie 

 tinge; the petiole the length of the second segment, and slightly 

 curved. 

 Hab. Bachian. 



Gen. PelopjEUS, Latr. 



1. Pelopaeus Madraspatanus, Fabr. Syst. Piez, 203. 

 Hab. Amboyna ; Malabar ; Madras ; Nepaul ; Bengal. 



2. Pelopaeus laetus. Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. iv. 229, pi. 7. fig- 1. 

 Hab. Bachian; Ceram; Australia (Swan River ; Macintyre River). 



3. Pelop.^us fabricator, p. caeruleo-viridis, abdomine vii-idescenti ; 

 alis fuscis, basi subhyalinis. 



Female. Length 9 lines. Green, with shades of blue in different lights ; 

 the vertex and abdomen smooth and shining, with purple tints ; the 

 face covered with silvery-white pubescence ; the thorax transversely 

 striated and with a thin cinereous pubescence ; wings fuscous with a 

 coppery effulgence, their base subhyaline. Abdomen smooth and 

 shining with a beautiful prismatic lustre. 



Hab. Bachian. 



4. Pelopaeus unifasciatus. P. niger, clypeo scapoque antice 

 flavis ; scutello et segmento secundo fascia apicali flava ; alis hyalinis ; 

 pedibus ferrugineis. 



Female. Length 8^ lines. Black ; the scape in front and a transverse 

 spot on the clypeus, yellow ; the tips of the mandibles and the legs 

 ferruginous ; the thorax transversely striated ; a narrow line on the 

 collar, the tubercles, and a transverse line on the scutellum yellow ; 

 the wings subhyaline, with their apical margins fuscous. Abdomen 

 obscurely chalybeous, with a yellow ovate spot in the middle of the 

 basal segment, and a yellow fascia on the apical margin of the third 

 segment. 



Hab. Bachian. 



Fam. LAEEID^, Lead. 



Gen. Laebada, Smith. 



1. Larrada aurulenta, Fair. Man^. i. 2/4. 

 Liris aurata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 228. 



Hab. Bachian; India; Java; Sumatra; Celebes; Phihppine Islands; 

 China ; Cape of Good Hope ; Gambia. 



2. Larrada modesta, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 159. 



3. Larrada viNDEX. L. nigra; facie mesothoracis metathoracisque 

 aurato pubescentibus, abdominis marginibus argentato pilo fasciatis ; 

 alis subhyalinis. 



Female. Length 9 lines. Black ; the face and thora.K above clothed 

 with golden -coloured pubescence ; the legs black, with the posterior 



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