40 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NEUROPTERA. 

 Family Myrmelbonid^. 



226. Palpares sp. — a, b. March from Usoga to Nandi ; April, 

 1900. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Family Cicadid^. 



227. Platypleura confusa, Karsch. — a. March from Usoga to 

 Nandi ; April, 1900. 



NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN CHRYSIDID^. 



By Major C. G. Nurse, Indian Staff Corps. 



(Continued from p. 12.) 



Chrysis autocrata, n. sp. 



5 . stoutly built ; frontal cavity finely, head and thorax some- 

 what irregularly, the latter coarsely punctured, abdomen, especially 

 2nd and 3rd segments, more regularly and finely punctured ; pronotum 

 distinctly narrower at base than at apex, its shoulders slightly rounded, 

 and having a median longitudinal impressed line at base ; 2nd and 

 3rd abdominal segments distinctly carinated, 3fd segment without 

 subapical foveae, 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 1st abdominal segment 

 metallic green with blue reflections ; 2nd and 3rd segments lighter 

 green, with a golden or coppery efi'ulgence ; antennae piceous ; tarsi 

 rufo-testaceous ; wings hyaline, nervures and tegulas brownish testa- 

 ceous; head, sides of thorax and abdomen, and legs with some sparse 

 rather long pubescence. Long. 8*5 mm. 



Hah. Quetta; two specimens. 



Chrysis hoggei, n. sp. 



3' . Head, thorax, and abdomen of equal width, closely, regularly, 

 and deeply punctured, the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments more 

 finely so than the rest of the body ; an impressed median longitudinal 

 line on pronotum, not reaching its apex ; apical abdominal segment 

 quadridentate, the teeth blunt, with a row of subapical foveas. Dark 

 metallic bluish green, the scutellum sometimes green with a slight 

 golden effulgence ; flagellum of antennae dark rufous ; all the tarsi 

 pale testaceous at base, becoming slightly darker at apex ; pubescence 

 white, short, and sparse, except on the front, where it is longer and 

 thicker ; wings hyaline, nervures black, tegulfe dark blue. Some 

 specimens are almost entirely dark blue, without any green shade. 

 Long. 6-7 mm. 



Hah. Quetta ; a few specimens. 



I have named this species after Lieut. -Col. Hogge of my 

 regiment, as he sent me the first specimen I obtained. 



