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tliickly, with long blackish hair. Mandibles long, curved ; when closed 

 their apices reach near to the inner side of the eyes ; they are black ; 

 their apex bright red ; at the base of the red part, and distinct from the 

 apes, is a rounded, clearly separated tooth. Thorax smooth and shining 

 sparsely covered with longish white hair ; the mesonotum is minutely 

 and closely punctured ; on it are two longitudinal furrows ; the punc- 

 tuation is closer and stronger at the apex. Median segment opaque, 

 closely granulai', the area clearly separated and not differing in 

 sculpture from the rest of the segment. Legs black ; the hair on the 

 femora is white, sparse and long ; it is thicker on the tibiee ; on the 

 metatarsus it is still denser, long and of a fulvous tinge ; the spurs 

 are pale. Abdomen smooth and shining ; the apices of the segments 

 are brownish ; the basal four dorsal segments are almost bare ; the 

 apical segments are fringed with long brownish hair, the ventral 

 segments are sparsely covered with long pale hair. The second cubital 

 cellule at the top is as long as the third ; the first and second transverse 

 cubital nervures are distinctly bullated at the top and bottom. 



This species comes into Bingham's section " A. Enclosed space at base 

 of median segment punctured " and " B. Median segment without a 

 medial vertical furrow "; but is not related to either of the species 

 included in it. 



CHRYSIDIDyE. 



EUCHRCEUS CUPREIVENTEIS, Sp. nOV. 



Viridis, coeruleo maculate ; geniculis, tibiis tarsique testaceis ; alis 

 fusco-violaceis. 9 



Long : 10 m.m. 



Habitat : Deesa. 



Scape of antennas green, closely punctured and covered with white 

 pubescence ; the flagellum black, covered with a white down. Vertex 

 bright-green, with golden and blue tinges; strongly and deeply punc- 

 tured and sparsely covered with short white pubescence ; the depressed 

 front is sparsely and shallowly punctured ; above thickly covered, on 

 either side of the middle projection, with depressed white pubescence ; 

 the sides are also covered with depressed pubescence, as well as the 

 sides of the clypeus. The apex of the clypeus has a row of large, deep, 

 irregular fovese. Mandibles rufo-testaceous, darker towards apex ; the 

 base has a green patch. The front ocellus is surrounded at the back and 

 sides by a smooth furrow, which is prolonged below them at the apex. 



