HEDYCHRIDIUM. 425 



Head very broad, with the eyes broader than the pronotum and 

 much broader than long, the sides strongly convergent anteriorly ; 

 antennae comparatively long and slender, densely pubescent, the 

 2nd joint of the flagellum longer than the 1st ; facial hollow deep, 

 t not margined above, no transverse carina on the front ; vertex 

 and front broad and convex, occiput slightly and widely emar- 

 ginate. Thorax : the pronotum comparatively long and massive, 

 transversely rectangular, the front with a short transverse deep 

 impression ; propleurse slightly hollow, smooth, unpunctured 

 posteriorly ; mesonotum and scutellum convex ; tuesopleurae 

 coarsely punctured, slightly convex, triangular, the apex beneath 

 acute ; postscutellum very rounded and convex ; the posterior 

 lateral angles of the median segment produced, somewhat broad, 

 acute at apex ; wings iridescent, nervures and tegulae brown, the 

 latter green at base ; legs rather long and slender. Abdomen 

 verv broad, very convex above, somewhat roundly truncate at 

 base, steeply sloped and acutely arched posteriorly; the 3rd 

 segment with a very narrow apical margin undulate posteriorly, 

 the anteapical series of foveae very indistinct. 

 c? . Similar ; a little smaller. 

 Length, $ of 2-3-3 ; exp. 2 <J 5 mm. 

 Hob. Baluchistan, Pishin (Nurse). 



505. Hedychridiuni wroughtoni, du Bui/sson. Jour. Bomb. N. H. 



Soc. x (1896), p. 466, pi. ii, fig. 6, & pi. v, fig. 4. 



" 2 . Body robust, depressed, entirely bright green, with bluish 

 shades on the abdomen and on the median area of the mesonotum. 

 Pubescence fine, reddish brown and slightly recumbent. Antennae 

 brownish, the first two joints (i. e. the scape and the 1st joint of 

 the flagellum) green. Pronotum long, depressed, the sides con- 

 vergent anteriorly; the puncturing moderate, dense, irregular, 

 deep, that on the' rest of the thorax larger and less close together, 

 becoming coarse and reticulate on the postscutellum and the meso- 

 pleuraj. Wings fuscous; legs green, with the joints and the tarsi 

 reddish brown. Abdomen somewhat convex, with fine, widely 

 spaced punctures ; the 3rd segment entire, the extreme margin 

 very characteristic, attenuate, channeled, then slightly turned 

 upwards. The ventral side green, the segments margined with 

 black." (du Buysson.) 



Length, 2 7'5 mm. 



Nab. Central Provinces of India (Wrouyhton). Unknown 

 to me. 



506. Hedychridium (?) rugosum, Smith (Hedychrum), A. M. N. H. 



ser 2, ix (1852), p. 45; Mocsdry (Ilolopyga), Mm. Chrys. 

 1889~P- 125. 



2 (?) Metallic green, the abdomen in certain lights blue ; 



antenna; dusky black, the scape and 1st joint of flagellum above 



