NEW SPECIES OF INDfAN CHRYSID1D5C. 307 



testaceous, almost black ; remainder of legs metallic green ; wings 

 hyaline, tegulae dark blue, radial cell closed. 



(? . Similar ; the patch of blue on the 2nd abdominal segment not 

 transverse, but somewhat wedge-shaped ; no green spot on 3rd abdo- 

 minal segment ; antennte light red below, except the first two joints, 

 which are metallic green. Long. 6' 5-9 mm. 



Hah. Kashmir, 5000-6000 ft. ; three specimens. 



Chrysis kashmirensis, n. sp. 

 5 (? . Head closely and regularly, thorax somewhat coarsely punc- 

 tured and rugose, abdomen with the first segment coarsely punctured, 

 but not rugose, 2nd and 3rd segments finely punctured, especially at 

 base of 2nd segment ; the whole insect sparsely pubescent ; clypeus 

 slightly emarginate, and with a median carina ; front not forming an 

 angle with the vertex, and the puncturing little, if any, finer than on 

 the remainder of head ; head, when viewed from above, considerably 

 larger than pronotum ; abdomen nearly as long as head and thorax 

 united ; pronotum with a slight median depression ; a hollow at the 

 base of postscutellum ; the 1st and 2nd abdominal segments with an 

 ill-defined median carina ; 3rd segment rounded, with subapical foveas. 

 Dark blue or blue-green ; base of mandibles, clypeus and front, scape 

 and first two joints of flagellum of antennae, and the legs, except the 

 tarsi, light metallic green ; mandibles, remainder of flagellum of 

 antennae, and the tarsi, reddish black ; abdomen below light metallic 

 green, the base of the apical segment and two large basal maculae on 

 2nd segment, reddish brown ; wings hyaline, apex of fore wing with a 

 very slight fuscous tinge, which is sometimes confined to the radial 

 cell; tegulffi dark blue, finely punctured ; radial cell of fore wing 

 closed. Long. 9-10 mm. 



Hah. Kashmir, 5000-6000 ft. ; five specimens. 



Chrysis qu^rita, n. sp. 



3 . Kather stoutly built ; head, thorax, and abdomen closely, but 

 not very finely, punctured, and covered with a short, sparse, greyish 

 pubescence ; head about as wide as pronotum and, when viewed from 

 above, subequal to it ; abdomen not quite so long as head and thorax 

 united, vertex overhanging the front, but with no distinct ridge 

 between them ; front concave, closely and finely punctured, and with 

 stiff, somewhat sparse, white pubescence ; pronotum with a median 

 longitudinal depression ; 3rd abdominal segment tri-sinuate, with sub- 

 apical foveffi. Dark blue, with a greenish tint in some lights ; front 

 and scutellum light green ; mandibles, antennte, and tarsi black ; 

 wings hyaline, the radial cell subfuscous and closed. Long. 6 mm. 



Hah. Deesa ; a single example. 



Chrysis abuensis, n. sp. 

 ? . Head and thorax finely and rugosely, abdomen finely and 

 closely punctured ; a little short greyish pubescence on the cheeks and 

 on 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments ; front, basal half of antennae, 

 and legs with short white pubescence ; head at least as wide as pro- 

 notum, and, viewed from above, about equal to it ; abdomen about the 



