460 CHKYSIUIDJE. 



punctured, the punctures on the basal two segments running into 

 reticulations and irregular fine striae in certain lights ; base of the 

 3rd segment smooth, remainder very minutely and densely punc- 

 tured ; pilosity brownish, fairly abundant, long and soft on the 

 head and thorax, much shorter and a little more sparse on the 

 abdomen. Head slightly longer and somewhat broader than the 

 pronotum ; the clypeus broad, margined and transverse anteriorly 

 in the middle ; facial hollow shallow, closely and somewhat finely 

 punctured, granulose, its upper margin bordered by a bi-sinuate 

 transverse carina, with a medial much shorter perpendicular carina 

 emitted downwards from it into the facial hollow. Thorax : pro- 

 notum transversely rectangular, a little longer at the sides than 

 in the middle, with a medial longitudinal shallow impression on 

 the anterior margin above ; propleurte excavate ; mesonotum, 

 scutellum and postscutellum convex, the latter two with a gentle 

 slope posteriorly to the median segment ; the median area on the 

 mesonotum rectangular; niesopleurse rugose, rounded beneath, the 

 apical portion slightly excavate ; postscutellum somewhat gibbous 

 posteriorly, from above semicircular ; median segment with the 

 lateral angles broadly produced and acute at apex ; wings slightly 

 fusco-hy aline, nervures dark brown, tegulaa purplish blue. Abdo- 

 men long, longer than the head and thorax united ; the basal 

 segment sloping anteriorly, the 2nd and 3rd segments medially 

 cariuate, the apex of the carina on the 3rd segment subtuber- 

 culate ; the preapical series of foveffi on the same large and open 

 below, the apical margin with four broad triangular teeth acute 

 at apex and equidistant from one another. 



cJ unknown. 



Length , $ 9-10 ; exp. 18 mm. 



Hal. Eecorded from the Himalayas, Simla (Nurse); Sikhim 

 (Bine/ham). 



The representative in India of our English Chrysis ignita, to 

 which it is very closely allied. It differs, however, slightly in 

 colour, the abdomen above being shaded with blue ; and markedly 

 in sculpture, the abdomen being much more finely punctured. 



547. Chrysis sandaracata, sp. nov. 



$ . Head and thorax green ; the space round the ocelli, the 

 occiput, the front and median area of the mesonotum, the middle 

 of the scutellum, postscutellum and median segment violet-blue; 

 the face in front, the scape and basal joint of the antennae above, 

 the coxae, femora and tibiae of the legs and the abdomen bright 

 metallic golden green ; the apical margins and sides broadly of the 

 basal two abdominal segments metallic coppery red bordered 

 inwardly with bright golden, the medial longitudinal carinae on 

 the ^nd and the sides of the basal area of the 3rd segment 

 golden. In certain lights the facial cavity and the sides of the 

 scutellum have a golden sheen. Head and thorax densely re- 

 ticulate-punctate, the punctures largest on the scutellum' and 



