45G cuuYsiwu.K. 



of the wings and a short transverse groove dividiug off the trian- 

 guhu" apex beueatli ; postscutelluin convex, slightly gibbous, the 

 l)roduced posterior lateral angles of the median segment proportion- 

 ately large, acute at apex ; wings hyaline, iridescent, uervures 

 yellowish brown, tegula) blue. Abdomen somewhat short and 

 broad, the base transverse, medially broadly impressed ; 2ud 

 segment uot cariuate ; 3rd segment very convex, the apical margin 

 continuous with the sides, rounded, and armed in the middle with 

 3 acute little teeth, the apical area and margin below the ante- 

 apical series very narrow, yellowish bi'own and chitinous, the series 

 not very distinct, of 8 or 10 rounded punctures. 2 unknown. 



Lenc/th, c? 4*5 ; (?ay. 8 mm. 



Bab. Kecorded from Baluchistan, Quetta (A^urse). 



535. Chrysis autocrata, Nurse, Entomologist, xxxvi (1903), p. 40, §. 



" $ . Stoutly built ; frontal cavity finely, head and thorax 

 somewhat irregularly, the latter coarsely, punctured ; abdomen, 

 especially 2nd and 3id segments, more regularly and finely punc- 

 tured ; pronotum distinctly narrower at base than at apex, its 

 shoulders slightly rounded, and having a median longitudinally 

 impressed line at base ; 2ud and 3rd abdominal segments distinctly 

 carinated ; 3rd segment without subapical f ovese, quadridentate, 

 the inner teeth close together and blunt, the outer teeth smaller, 

 sharper, and not projecting nearly so far back as the inner ones. 

 Head, thorax and ]st abdominal segment metallic green with blue 

 reflections ; 2nd and 3rd segments hghter green with a golden or 

 coppery effulgence ; antennae piceous ; tarsi rufo-testaceous ; wings 

 hyaline, uervures and tegulse brownish testaceous ; head, sides of 

 thorax and abdomen and legs with some sparse, rather long 

 pubescence. 



" Length, 2 ^'^ •m"' 



'■'■ Hah. Q,uetta, 2 specimens." {Nurse.) 



536. Chrysis gujaratica, Nurse, EntomohH/ist, xxxvi (1903), p. 11, 5. 



(PI. I. lig. 3.) 



$ . Head and thorax light metallic green, with brilliant golden 

 effulgence on the head posteriorly, on the pro- and mesouotum 

 and on the scutellum ; postscutellum, and the thorax beneath and 

 on the sides bright light metallic green without the golden sheen ; 

 posterior lateral angles of the median segment bright golden yellow : 

 legs and abdomen golden green with brilliant copjjery effulgence ; 

 antenuce and the tarsi brown, the scapes of the former "sery dark 

 brown, nearly black, the latter and the flagella a light yellowish 

 brown. Head, thorax and abdomen very densely punctured, the 

 punctures on the head, the pronotum, lateral areas of the meso- 

 notuui, the median seguient and abdomen tine and rather shallow, 

 on the median area of the mesonotum they are larger and wider 

 apart, and on the scutellum and postscutellum rather coarser ; 

 facial ca\ity very finely rugulose and covered somewhat densely 



