K'ew g'euera and species of fiyiiienoptera froni ïuclîa. ] "^f 



Exaerete Incida Erichs. 1848 ist = Euglossa frontalis 

 Guér. 1845 {Chrysantlteda frontalis Sm.), mnss also heissen : 



Exacrctc frontalis Oucr. 



Exaerete au.rata Eric/is. 1848 ht ■= Evglossa smarugdina 

 Gaér. 1845 {ClirtjsantUeda smaragdina 8in.),m\x^s alsoheisseu: 



Exaerete smaragdiiia (iiiér. 



Die übrigeu Species dieses Geuus lieisseu also: Exaerete 

 denidta L., nitida Perly, snhcoruuta Rom. und trochanterica 

 Eriese. 



Descriplioiis of Kew (Jciieia and Species of 

 Hymenoptera from liidia. 



By P. C a m e r o n. 

 (Contiuued.) 



The colouratioii is metallic hlue, marked with white; the 

 head is obliquely narrowed behiiid the eyes; the occiput is 

 margiued; the gastrocoeli aud the base of the 2"d segment 

 are stoutly striatcd; the apical (7tl>) segment is large aud 

 bluntly poiuted; the ventral keel exteuds to the 6tli segment; 

 the eyes are large aud parallel. 



The relatiouship of this genus is clearly with Lareiga ; 

 the différences betweeu the two may be expressed thus : 



— Areola not nuieh longer tliau liroad ; its sides rouudly curved; two 

 distinct iatei'al ai'eai^ ; tlie apical inncli longer thau the basai ; the re- 

 cunent nervure withont a uervelet. — L a r e i g a. 



— Areolet twico longer thau bi'oad, ils sides stiaight ; two indistinct 

 latéral areae, of alniost eiiiial size ; the reourreut nervure with a long 

 nervelet. — U cl o n t o j o p p a. 



0. m e t a 1 1 i C a n. Sp. d^ Nigra, aldomine coeruleo, albo- 

 hilineato ; tihiis basique tarsornm late albis ; alis fnscis, stig- 

 mate nervisque fnsci.s, — Long.: IG mm. 



Hab. Khasia (Coll. Rothney). 



Antenuae fuscous, paler before the middle. The face, 

 clypeus, labrum, middle of maudibles, the inner orbits and the 

 outer on the loworside, yeilow. Face aiul clypeus uniformly 

 punctured aud thickly covered with short white pubescence ; 

 the clypeus foveate at the sides aud not separated from the 

 face. Thorax shiuiug, very sparsely aud miuutely punctured 

 aud thickly covered with short fuscous pubescence. Scutellum 

 shiuiug, smooth aud covered with long fuscous hair. The 

 areola is smooth, except for a longitudinal keel iu the middle 



