450 CHEYS1D1JXE. 



of the wings and a short transverse groove dividing off the trian- 

 gular apex beneath ; postscutellum convex, slightly gibbous, the 

 produced posterior lateral angles of the median segment proportion- 

 ately large, acute at apex; wings hyaline, iridescent, nervures 

 yellowish brown, tegulae blue. Abdomen somewhat short and 

 broad, the base transverse, medially broadly impressed ; 2nd 

 segment not carinate ; 3rd segment very convex, the apical margin 

 continuous with the sides, rounded, and armed in the middle with 

 3 acute little teeth, the apical area and margin below the ante- 

 apical series very narrow, yellowish brown and chitiuous, the series 

 not very distinct, of 8 or 10 rounded punctures. $ unknown. 



Length, tf 4-5 ; exp. 8 mm. 



Hob. Recorded from Baluchistan, Quetta (Nurse). 



535. Chrysis autocrata, Nurse, Entomologist, xxxvi (1903), p. 40, . 



" $ . Stoutly built ; frontal cavity finely, head and thorax 

 somewhat irregularly, the latter coarsely, punctured ; abdomen, 

 especially 2nd and 3rd segments, more reguiai-ly and finely punc- 

 tured; pronoium distinctly narrower at base than at apex, its 

 shoulders slightly rounded, and having a median longitudinally 

 impressed line at base ; 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments distinctly 

 carinated; 3rd segment without subapical foveaa, 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 effulgence ; antennae piceous ; tarsi rufo-testaceous ; wings 

 hyaline, nervures and tegulse brownish testaceous ; head, sides of 

 thorax and abdomen and legs with some sparse, rather long 

 pubescence. 



" Length, $ 8-5 mm. 



" Hob. Quetta, 2 specimens." (Nurse.) 



536. Chrysis gujaratica, Nurse, Entomologist, xxxvi (1U03), p. 11, $ . 

 (PI. I, fig. 3.) 



$ . Head and thorax light metallic green, with brilliant golden 

 effulgence on the head posteriorly, on the pro- and mesouotum 

 and on the scutellum ; postscutellura, and the thorax beneath and 

 on the sides bright light metallic green without the golden sheen ; 

 posterior lateral angles of the median segment bright golden yellow ; 

 legs and abdomen golden green with brilliant coppery effulgence ; 

 antennae and the tarsi brown, the scapes of the former very dark 

 brown, nearly black, the latter and the flagella a light yellowish 

 brown. Head, thorax and abdomen very densely punctured, the 

 punctures on the head, the pronotum, lateral areas of the meso- 

 notuii), the median segment and abdomen fine and rather shallow, 

 on the median area of the mesonotum they are larger and wider 

 ;ip:irt, and on the scutellum and postscutellum rather coarser; 

 iacial cavity very finely rugulose and covered somewhat densely 



