Records of Bees. 339 



specimens o^ Xyhcopa (c? ? ), colloctod many years ago by 

 the Rev. M. ]\1. Carleton in the Koolloo Valley, near to the 

 Himalayas, Northern India. The male was X. fenestrata, 

 Fabr., but, to my surprise, the female proved to be X. valga^ 

 Gerst., not hitherto reported from India. 



Chelynia pavonina, sp. n. 



c?. — Lono;th about 8 mm. 



Looking like a small dark blue Osmia; the colour through- 

 out, including legs and teguU«, is a very fine dark purple- 

 blue, shaded with green, the clypeus and mesothorax being 

 nearly all green, while the u})per side of the abdomen is 

 largely green, with some crimson tints, the hind margins of 

 the segments being purple. Mandibles tridentate ; antennae 

 only moderately long, rather thick, resembling those of 

 ? Osmia, but 13-jointed, the scape green ; head and thorax 

 densely punctured and with long coarse hair, which is black 

 except on the mesothorax, where it is white; tegula3 large, 

 densely punctured. Wings dusky, second submarginal cell 

 receiving both recurrent nervures. Hair of legs and abdomen 

 black ; abdomen without light markings. 



Avery distinct and beautilul species, with peacock-colours ; 

 it most resembles Stelis montana, Cresson, but is easily 

 known from that by the venation and other characters. 

 JIab. Boulder, Colorado, June (G. M. Ilite). 



Cyrtapis, gen. nov. 



Tlather small; body //a/<c^M5-like ; stigma large; three 

 submarginal cells; first s.m. long, but not so long as tho 

 other two combined ; second broaci, receiving the first r. n. 

 before its middle ; third broader above than below, receiving 

 the second r. n. a short distance from its base ; second r. n. 

 with an even but strong double curve ; marginal cell large, 

 pointed at apex ; lower section of basal nervure strongly 

 curved and much long u- than upp^r ; b. n. meeting t.-m., the 

 latter ol)lique, its lower end more aj)icad ; abdomen aj)pa- 

 rently with a narrow elongated black py^-idial area, but this 

 is a little uncertain. 



Cj/rtapis anomalus, sp. n. 



Length about 8 mm., with head thrust forward. 



Head about lr| mm. long, bluntly triangular, rather elon- 

 gated; head and thorax apparently black; abdomen reddish, 

 with broad entire bands, at least twice as broad as the pale 

 intervals between them ; antennae cylindrical, not monili- 



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