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arched, transverse, no emitted carinae towards the anterior ocellus ; 

 front and vertex rounded, convex, occiput transverse ; antennae 

 rather long, the 2nd joint of the flagellum longer, about twice as 

 long as the 1st joint. Thorax : the pronotum short, transversely 

 rectangular, medially impressed above, the sides emarginate at 

 base, then with a rounded angle towards the front ; propleura> 

 excavate ; mesonotum, scutellum, and postscutellum convex, the 

 median area on the mesonotum rectangular, the suture between 

 scutellum and postscutellum not transverse, gently arched poste- 

 riorly ; mesopleurse rugose, not dentate beneath, with a broad oblique 

 groove ; postscutellum from above semicircular, somewhat com- 

 pressed ; median segment hidden and suppressed beneath, the 

 posterior lateral angles shortly produced, acute ; wings hyaline, with 

 a slight fuscous tint towards the costal margin, nervures brown, 

 tegulae bluish green ; legs slender, bluish green, tarsi dark brown. 

 Abdomen rather short, not longer than the head and thorax united, 

 the basal segment with a deep impression in the middle above 

 and a shallower impression on each side of it ; the 2nd segment 

 without any medial longitudinal carina, the anteapical series on the 

 third segment with the fovese small and few, from 8-10 ; apical 

 margin of segment strongly tridentate. 



rf . Very similar, slightly more slender, the apical abdominal 

 teeth not so acute. 



Length, $ 3 7 ; exp. 13 mm. 



Hob. N. India, Delhi (Bine/ham) ; Karachi (Cumming) ; extend- 

 ing to Aden (Yei-bury). Described originally from Equatorial 

 Africa. 



534. Chrysis paria, sp. nov. 



cJ . Metallic green, with blue effulgence in certain lights, the 

 front of the median area of the mesonotum, the postscutellum and 

 the disc above of the 2nd abdominal segment more decidedly blue, 

 the last deep violet-blue ; antennae brown, the scape deep blue, the 

 1st joint of the flagellum above green ; legs bluish green, articula- 

 tions and tarsi reddish yellow ; head and thorax moderately finely 

 punctured, rugose, the punctures rather shallow ; abdomen more 

 finely and regularly punctured, not rugose ; facial cavity finely 

 punctured, with short whitish pubescence ; pilosity greyish, long 

 and fairly abundant. Head thick, transverse, from the front very 

 much broader than long and with the eyes much broader than the 

 pronotum ; occiput and front somewhat sharply transverse, from 

 above the head appearing longitudinally compressed ; facial hollow 

 broad, somewhat shallow, arched above and margined by a trans- 

 verse carina ; antennae long, slender, the 2nd joint of the flagellum 

 slightly longer than the 3rd. Thorax short, subcylindrical, tin- 

 sides rounded, converging slightly to the front: propleurae excavate; 

 mesonotum and scutellum convex, the suture between them 

 depressed ; mesopleurae convex, a large fovea underneath the base 



