74 HYMENOPTERA. 



2. AuGocHLORA Electra, n. s. B.M. 



Male. Length 4-4 J lines. — Brilliant golden-green, the head 

 closely and finely punctured, the clypeus coarsely jjunctin-ed, an- 

 tennae black, mandibles dark rufo-testaceous. Thorax strongly 

 ])unctin'cd, the ]nuictnres sometimes uniting; the enclosed space 

 at the base of the metathorax concave, smooth and shining, the 

 thorax beneath and sides of metathorax strongly punctured; 

 wings snbhyaline, ner\'ures and outer margin of the tegulae rufo- 

 testaceous, the tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen oblong-ovate, 

 ha\ing a thinly scattered fulvous pubescence, the apical margins 

 of the segments fringed with short fulvous pubescence; the 

 apical segments beneath ferruginous. 



Hab. Brazil. 



'1 AuGocHLORA Pandora, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Brilliant golden-green, head and 

 thorax very finely and very closely punctured, the face and vertex 

 have a thin pale ochraceous pubescence, that on the cheeks and 

 clypeus white, the latter covered with large coarse punctures ; 

 the flagellum fulvous beneath, the margin of the clypeus, labrum 

 and mandibles dark rufo-piceous ; the metathorax truncate be- 

 hind, the enclosed space at its base rugose, enclosed by an ele- 

 vated margin ; tegulse and nervures rufo-testaceous ; wings hya- 

 line, very faintly clouded towards their apical margins ; legs raio- 

 testaceous, tibiae above brilliant golden-green, the coxae and 

 femora more or less so in certain lights ; the floccus cinereous, 

 as well as the pubescence of the legs, which however varies in 

 certain lights, to golden on the tarsi, which are ferruginous, and 

 to silvery on the posterior tibiae. Abdomen covered with a short 

 fulvous pubescence ; the margins of the segments are of a purple 

 coppery colour, beneath strongly punctured. 



Hab. Brazil. 



4. AuGOCHLORA BUCEPHALA, n. S. B.M. 



Female. Length 5-5^ lines.— Brilhant golden-green ; head 

 veiy finely and closely punctured, wider than the thorax ; clypeus 

 broadly truncate, not produced, ciliated with ferruginous hairs ; 

 antennae black, testaceous beneath ; disk of the thorax verj' finely 

 pimctured, having larger punctures interspersed ; base of the 

 metathorax very finely punctured, not enclosed ; the outer roar- 

 gin of the tegulae broadly pale testaceous, wings rufo-hyaline, 

 legs green, the tarsi ferruginous ; the pubescence of the legs 

 fulvous, having on the posterior legs a silvery hue in certain 



