192 Mr. T. D. A. GockeveW^Descriptiotis and 



Crocisa reductula, sp. n. 

 9 . — Length 11 mm. 



AVith pure white markings. Also similar to C. 7'amosella, 

 but more slender, and also differing thus : anterior meso- 

 thoracie spots a little broader than long (conspicuously 

 longer thau broad in ramoseUa) ; a very small spot instead 

 of a stripe on each lateral margin of mesothorax ; eraargina- 

 tion of scutellura forming a much wider angle ; first two 

 abdominal segments with strong purple tints on basal half ; 

 transverse extension of marks at sides of first segment short 

 and pointed ; third and fourth segments with only spots 

 placed some distance from the lateral margins, fifth with a 

 pair of large round spots placed more laterally ; last ventral 

 segment conspicuously produced ; white hair on outer side 

 of hind tibiae confined to basal half. 



Bababuddin Hills, Mysore, 4700 ft., June 1, 1915. 



Crocisa ramakrishn(e, sp. n. 

 $ . — Length about 12 mm. 



With very pale blue markings, which are not shining. 

 Median stripe of mesothorax long, extending to front 

 margin ; anterior lateral spots rather small, longer than 

 broad ; lateral margins with complete stripes, very narrow 

 posteriorly ; posterior spots of mesothorax pyrifqrm, pointed 

 mesad; scutellum without spots, shining, sparsely punctured, 

 the hind margin W-like, a tuft of white hair beneath the 

 emargination ; mesopleura with a large hairless coarsely 

 punctured space in middle; anterior wings fuliginous; 

 tibiae and basitarsi with bluish-white hair on outer side, 

 hardly going beyond middle on hind tibiae. Abdomen with 

 very broadly interrupted blue bands, the basal band of first 

 segment narrow, and rather narrowly interrupted ; pygidial 

 plate with a weak keel not reaching its base. In my table 

 in 'Entomologist/ 1910, p. 217, this runs to C. decora^ 

 Smith, which has a broad basal band on fii'st abdominal 

 segment, and is otherwise quite distinct. It also fails to 

 find a place in the tables of Friese and Bingham, and is 

 unlike any described Indian species. 



Type from Marudamalai, Coimbatore, S. India, 2000 ft., 

 Aug. 18, 1912. Another is from Coorg Sanivarsaudai, 

 Hansey Estate, 4000 ft., April 29-30, 1913. 



Anthophora subinsularis (Strand). 

 Bangalore, 3000 ft., May 8, 1913. 

 Strand described this as a varietv of A. insularis, Smith, 



