426 CHRYSIDIJDJE. 



green ; head and thorax coarsely, closely punctured, rugose, the 

 punctures serried, running into reticulations on the side-areas of 

 the mesonotum, on the scutellum and postscutellurn ; abdomen 

 tinely and more sparsely punctured, the punctures coarser but not 

 serried or reticulate on the sides of the basal segment. Head as 

 broad as the pronotum, the occiput sharply transverse, the vertex 

 and front convex; the facial cavity deep, rugose within and medially 

 longitudinally grooved, above arched, not margined ; antennae 

 cylindrical, the 2nd joint of the flagellum the longest. Thorax 

 massive ; the pronotum very convex, subcylindrical, the sides 

 convergent anteriorly, propleurae excavate ; mesouotum and scu- 

 tellum strongly convex ; mesopleuraB large, convex, scutiform, the 

 apex not separated from the rest by groove or carina ; post- 

 scutellum large, strongly convex ; posterior lateral angles of the 

 median segment narrowly produced, acute at apex. Abdomen 

 broad, short, strongly convex above, the base transverse, the apical 

 margin regularly rounded, not angular nor subdentate at the 

 sides. 



Length, $ (?) 6-5 mm. 



Hab. Western India, Poona (Capt. Downes). 



The above description and the particulars of locality are taken 

 from a solitary specimen in the collection of the Brit. Afus. The 

 specimen is not labelled " type" and is in very bad condition, 

 minus the wings, a good portion oh' all the legs and of the 

 antennae, but the size, sculpture, name and locality given on the 

 label agree with Smith's description of his Hedychrum ruyosa. 

 The abdomen being entirely rounded, I have with some doubt 

 entered it under the genus Hedychridium. 



507. Hedychridium selectum, Nurse, Entomologist, xxxv (1902). 

 p. 306. 



" c? . Head and thorax closely and finely, postscutellum more 

 coarsely, abdomen minutely and closely punctured ; pronotum and 

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

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

 blue, 2nd abdominal segment with purple reflections; antennae 

 dark rufous, tarsi testaceous ; wings hyaline, their apical margins 

 very slightly darker, nervures and tegulae testaceous ; a little 

 sparse short greyish pubescence on head, thorax, abdomen and 

 legs. 



" Length, tf 3-5 mm. 



" Hab. Quetta ; a single specimen. 



" This species is easily distinguished from H. perversum by its 

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

 The basal nervure is also more sharply curved in H. selectum than 

 in H. perversum." (Nurse.) 



Unknown to me. 



