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Melanapis violaceipennis, sp. rov. (PI. fig. 1.) 



Niora, nitida, capite thoraceque nigra pilosis ; alis fusco-violaceis, 

 nervis stigmateque nigris. $ et ^ . 



Long : 13-14 m.m. 



Habitat : Ferozepore. 



Antennae almost bare ; from tlie third joint rufous beneath. Head 

 covered with long black hair ; thickest on the occiput and beneath. 

 Clypeus closely and distinctly punctured and sparsely haired ; the 

 face is less distinctly punctured and more thickly haired ; the apex of 

 the clypeus is roundly, but not deeply, incised and has a distinct margin. 

 Mandibles smooth and covered with long black hair on the underside. 

 Thorax thickly covered with long black hair. Mesonotum strongly 

 and closely punctured ; the centre less closely than the sides and apex. 

 Scutellum similarly punctured, most closely towards the apex. 

 Median seo"ment rugosely punctured ; in the centre, at the base, is a 

 large, somewhat triangular area, formed of irregular longitudinal keels, 

 intersected with short, irregular transverse ones. Mesopleurse closely 

 ruo-osely punctured. Wings uniformly fuscous- violaceous; the stigma 

 and nervures black. Legs black ; the four hinder thickly covered with 

 lono" black hair ; which is very long and thick on the hinder tibise and 

 to a less extent on the metatarsus. Abdomen smooth and shining, bare 

 except on the fifth segment, which is thickly covered with long black 

 hair ; the sixth segment is bare in the middle ; the bare part being 

 distinctly bordered or keeled ; outside the border it is fringed densely 

 with stiff black pubescence. The apical two ventral segments are fringed 

 thickly with long black, stiff pubescence ; the others are almost bare. 



The $ is similar to the 9 and is, if anything, more thickly haired ; 

 the leo-s and abdomen offer no noteworthy peculiarity. 

 AnDPvENA siml^nsis, sp. nov. 



Nio"ra, nitida, sparse albo pilosa ; clypeo albo ; basi metanoti punc- 

 tata ; alis hyaliuis, stigmate fusco. $. 



Long : 9 m.m. 



Habitat : Simla. 



Scape of antennae shining, sparsely covered with long white hair ; 

 the flagellum with a pale pile. Clypeus smooth and shining, yellowish- 

 white ; there is an oblique white mark on either side of its lower edge 

 between it and the eyes ; the vertex behind the ocelli is bare, smooth 

 nd shining ; the rest of the vertex and the front covered, but not 



