﻿Mandicstcr 
  Mciiioii's, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1S97), 
  lYo. 
  4. 
  99 
  

  

  hyaline 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  fulvous 
  tinge, 
  especially 
  

   towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  fulvous, 
  the 
  

   lower 
  nervure 
  of 
  the 
  costa 
  blackish. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  

   shagreened, 
  except 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apices 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  

   segment 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  shagreened 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  

   hairs 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  HaLICTUS 
  ALEXIS, 
  Sp. 
  IWV. 
  

  

  Viridis, 
  dense 
  fnlvo-liirtns; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  stigniate 
  pallide 
  

   Jiavo 
  : 
  pedibus 
  huge, 
  dense, 
  pallide 
  pilosis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  In 
  its 
  bronzy 
  green 
  coloration 
  it 
  agrees 
  with 
  H. 
  pro- 
  

   pinqnus; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  larger, 
  and 
  the 
  tibicC 
  and 
  tarsi 
  are 
  not 
  

   yellowish-fulvous, 
  neither 
  are 
  the 
  tegulae 
  fulvous. 
  

  

  Head 
  uniformly 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  all 
  over, 
  except 
  

   on 
  the 
  clypeus 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  fewer 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  

   widely 
  separated, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  pale 
  ful- 
  

   vous 
  hairs; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  shining, 
  dark 
  bronzy; 
  

   the 
  labrum 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  their 
  lower 
  side 
  bearing 
  some 
  

   long 
  pale 
  golden 
  hairs. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  almost 
  glabrous. 
  Mesonotum 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  

   strongly 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  long 
  and 
  

   thick. 
  The 
  basal 
  curve 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  finely 
  

   and 
  closely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  shining 
  and 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  

   furrowed 
  down 
  the 
  centre. 
  The 
  propleurse 
  deeply 
  ex- 
  

   cavated 
  ; 
  the 
  excavation 
  forming 
  an 
  oblique 
  triangle, 
  

   obscurely 
  striated 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleuras 
  strongly 
  

  

  