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  Cameron, 
  Hynncnoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  Hedychrum 
  lugubre, 
  sp, 
  nov. 
  (PI, 
  i6 
  f. 
  lo). 
  

  

  Coeruleum, 
  viride 
  maculatum; 
  flagello 
  antennanim 
  fusco; 
  

   tarsis 
  fusco 
  -tcstaceis 
  ; 
  alis 
  fuscis. 
  Long. 
  4 
  — 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennje 
  green, 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punc- 
  

   tured; 
  the 
  flagelhim 
  fuscous-black, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  

   fuscous 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  about 
  one-quarter 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Head 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  frontal 
  

   depression 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  transversely 
  striated. 
  The 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  green, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  them 
  blackish, 
  

   with 
  a 
  piceous 
  stripe 
  before 
  the 
  middle. 
  Prothorax 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  above 
  ; 
  two 
  

   large 
  blue 
  splashes, 
  nearly 
  united, 
  behind 
  ; 
  its 
  sides 
  

   oblique, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  straight. 
  Meso- 
  

   notum 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  purplish 
  ; 
  the 
  base, 
  especially 
  in 
  

   the 
  centre, 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  widely 
  

   separated 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  more 
  especially 
  

   behind 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  larger 
  and 
  

   deeper 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  

   segments 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  larger 
  and 
  deeper 
  than 
  on 
  

   the 
  scutellum. 
  Propleurse 
  in 
  front 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   behind 
  smooth; 
  'the 
  mesopleurae 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  

   behind 
  finely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  finely 
  longitu- 
  

   dinally 
  striated, 
  more 
  finely 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  finely 
  transversely 
  striated. 
  

   Legs 
  green, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  bluer 
  tinge 
  than 
  the 
  

   femora 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   dark 
  testaceous, 
  paler 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Wings 
  uni- 
  

   formly 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  darker. 
  Abdomen 
  

   bluish, 
  greener 
  in 
  tint 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  on 
  

   the 
  second 
  segment 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  

   basal 
  ; 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  much 
  coarser 
  than 
  on 
  either. 
  

   The 
  ventral 
  surface 
  smooth, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  

  

  