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Hedychridium perveksum, n. sp. 

 $ $ . Vertex of head, and thorax, closely, but not very finely, 

 abdomen minutely and regularly punctured— all the punctures some- 

 what shallow ; front concave, with stiff, white pubescence, which 

 hides the sculpturmg ; pronotum smaller than the head, its sides 

 almost parallel ; posterior angles of median segment acute and con- 

 spicuous ; abdomen wider than head and thorax. Metallic green, with 

 some bluish reflections, especially about the joints of the segments 

 and near the tegulse ; abdomen with a slight coppery effulgence ; 

 flagellum of antennae dark rufous ; the whole of the head, thorax, 

 abdomen, and legs covered with very short greyish pubescence ; wings 

 hyaline and iridescent, nervures testaceous, tegulse metallic blue or 

 blue-green. Long, 2-5-3 mm. 



Hah. Peshin ; Quetta ; five specimens. 



The smallest species hitherto described from India. 



Hedychridium selectum, n. sp. 

 $ . Head and thorax closely and finely, postscutellum more 

 coarsely, abdomen minutely and closely punctured ; pronotum and 

 head subequal, the former with its sides almost parallel ; abdomen 

 wider than thorax, very convex, 3rd segment almost vertical. Dark 

 blue ; 2nd abdominal segment with purple reflections ; antenna dark 

 rufous, tarsi testaceous ; wings hyaliue, their apical margins very 

 slightly darker, nervures and tegulae testaceous ; a little sparse, short, 

 greyish pubescence on head, thorax, abdomen, and legs. Long, 3"5 mm. 



Hah. Quetta ; a single specimen. 



This species is easily distinguished from H. perversum above 

 by its being dark blue, and not light green, and by its longer 

 pronotum. The basal nervure is also more sharply curved in 

 the present species than in H. perversum. 



Chrysis jalala, n. sp. 

 ? . Slenderly built ; head, except front, thorax, and abdomen, 

 closely but not very finely punctured, and very sparsely covered with 

 short greyish pubescence ; clypeus emarginate anteriorly, front con- 

 cave from below a transverse ridge which is situated just below the 

 vertex, covered with a somewhat sparse white pubescence, and finely 

 transversely striate in the centre ; head, thorax, and first two abdo- 

 minal segments of about equal width ; head, when viewed from above, 

 equal in size to pronotum ; scutellum and postscutellum somewhat 

 more coarsely punctured than the rest of the segments ; abdomen as 

 long as the head and thorax united, the 2nd segment with a median 

 longitudinal carina, 3rd segment rounded at apex, with a conspicuous 

 subapical row of fovese. Dark blue, the clypeus bright green, the 

 pronotum, mesonotum, scutellum and postscutellum, and a spot on 

 the 3rd abdominal segment just above the subapical row of fovesB, 

 green ; the first abdominal segment, except the extreme base and a 

 line on the centre above not reaching the apex, and the apical two- 

 thirds of the 2nd abdominal segment bright coppery golden ; second 

 and following joints of flagellum of antennae dark red; tarsi dark 



