MICRODON. ;}15 



1st aiul 2iid segments almost anastomosed ; -ith segment nearly 

 as long as 2nd and 3rd together; whole dorsnm jellow ish-hrouu, 

 but .'Jrd more or less blackish towards sides and 4th wholly bhu-kisli 

 except ill upper central part. Pnbesceiice oF abdomen following 

 ground-colour; the yellow being longer, the black very short and 

 dense. Hind part of 4th segment towards sides witli a Utile 

 yellowish pubesc-ence ; 5th segment twisted to the left side; 

 globular base of genitalia blackish, large, with yellowish-grey 

 tomeiitum. A'^enter yellowish-brown willi a little moderaiely long, 

 bright yellow hair. Leys: coxaj shining black with bright yellow 

 pubescence; femora shining black, with sparse pale pubescence; a 

 small orange space below at base ; tips orange. Anterior tibia; on 

 front side of fore pair and outer side of middle pair mainly 

 blackish ; hind tibia) entirely bhu k. All tibiae with thicker yellow 

 ])ubescence than femora. Tarsi brown wirh yellow pubescence, 

 hind pair darker on upper side with orange-brown pubescence 

 below. Whigs pale grey, the microscopic surface bristles \ery 

 minute and sligiitly depressed ; a barely jierceptible trace of sul- 

 fusion OA'er outer sides of 1st posterior and disciil cells and tips of 

 3rd and 5th veins, llalteres yellow ; squaiiije dirty \^ bite. 



Li'wjth, \\\ mm. 



Described from two <S S in the Indian Museum from above 

 Tura, Garo Hills, Assam, 3500-3riOO ft., 15. vii-3o. viii. 1917 

 (Kemp). This species, as its name implies, has a considerable 

 resemblance to the honey-bee, Ajjis mel/ijica, L., and its allies. 



242. Microdon bellus, sp. nov. (Text-fig. 65, p. 308.) 



5. Head : frons at vertex one-fourth the width of the lu-ad, 

 brillianth' shining metallic peacock-blue. Face barely broader 

 than frons; brilliantly shining metallic-green; frons and face 

 microscopically punctate, both with very pale yellowish-grey, 

 dense, moderately long pubescence. Antennae black, 3rd joint two- 

 and-a-half to three times as long as 2nd and distinctly shorter 

 tiian 1st. Occiput metallic blue-lilack with rather dense whitish 

 pubescence. Thorax brilliantly shining metallic dark blue, 

 minutely punctate, with dense veilowish-grey pubescence. 

 Hcutelliim unspined : shining metallic blue-gieen, minutely 

 Dunctate with yellowish-grey pubescence. Pleurje shining blue 

 with whitish pubescence, rather long on mesopleura, pteroplenra 

 and sternopleura, ^Wo?«en brilliantly shining metallic dark blue, 

 very closely punctate. Anterior corners and sides of 1st segiiitMit 

 with soft, silvery-white pubescence; 2nd segment with similar 

 pubescence on hind margin towards sides, 3rd segment similar, but 

 the inner ends of the stripes turned upwards and slightly dilated ; 

 4th segment with a curved stripe on each side of miildle line, 

 placed diagonally from a little above centre towards hind corners, 

 and 5th segment with a vertical stri|)e on each side of middle line; 

 all the stripes conij)osed of silvery-white pubescence. Sides of 

 abdomen with similar pubescence. Venter shining dark blue, liind 

 margins of 2iid and 3rd segments soiiiew hat w hitish, w ith silverv- 

 white pubescence. Ler/s shining blue-black with conspicuous 



