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  Cameron, 
  Hymejwptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  reticulations 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  part 
  with 
  the 
  punctuation 
  

   closer 
  and 
  finer 
  ; 
  over 
  the 
  sternum 
  is 
  a 
  wide, 
  deep, 
  

   longitudinal 
  furrow. 
  The 
  prosternum 
  has 
  a 
  semicircular 
  

   furrow 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  and 
  down 
  its 
  centre, 
  before 
  and 
  

   behind 
  the 
  semicircular 
  furrow, 
  is 
  a 
  straight 
  keel. 
  

  

  €. 
  Apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  tooth 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  This 
  section 
  resembles 
  closely 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  preceding, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  tooth 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  having 
  

   no 
  area 
  enclosed 
  by 
  stout 
  keels. 
  

  

  Chrysis 
  mendicalis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore. 
  

  

  Green, 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  blue 
  ; 
  the 
  

   coxse, 
  femora, 
  and 
  tibiae 
  green 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   wings 
  almost 
  hyaline. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  joints 
  

   green 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  hardly 
  one-quarter 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Vertex 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  almost 
  reticulated 
  

   on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  ©cellar 
  region, 
  and 
  the 
  part 
  

   behind, 
  bluish-purple 
  ; 
  the 
  excavated 
  front 
  closely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  finely 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  keel 
  over 
  the 
  depression 
  stout, 
  and 
  reaching 
  to 
  near 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Pronotum 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  eyes; 
  the 
  sides 
  oblique, 
  rounded 
  

   in 
  front, 
  uniformly 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  central 
  area 
  

   more 
  coarsely, 
  almost 
  running 
  into 
  reticulations 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  purplish. 
  The 
  pro- 
  

   pleurse 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  oval 
  depression 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  which 
  

   is 
  almost 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  shagreened. 
  The 
  

   mesopleurse 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  almost 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  a 
  

   small 
  basal 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  apical, 
  smooth, 
  deep 
  depression 
  

  

  