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Genus Mtzine, Latr. 



MyZINE DIMIDIA.TICOENIS, Sp. nOV. 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen punctured, the punctures 

 dense and coarse on the front of the face above the antennae, on 

 the sides of the thorax, mesonotum, and median segment above, 

 more distant and finer on the vertex, the back of the head, the 

 pronotum, and abdomen; clypeus constricted vertically, trans- 

 verse; the mandibles smooth; the antennae porrect and thickened; 

 the pronotum long, constricted anteriorly; mesonotum and median 

 segment coarsely cribrate, the latter truncated at apex, the 

 truncation punctured, an irregular central longitudinal carina 

 from its base to the margin of the truncation ; legs smooth, vfith 

 a few distant punctures, and slightly pubescent ; abdomen long, 

 the base of the segments constricted, the apex below with a 

 strong recurved spine. Intensely black ; the clypeus, scape of 

 the antennae, and the basal four joints of the flagellum above 

 and below dark ferruginous red ; abdomen with prismatic tints of 

 blue and purple. Wings — the fore wing clear hyaline at base up to 

 the basal nervure, fuscous beyond, with a superb purple effulgence; 

 hind wing fuscescent at apex, becoming gradually hyaline at base. 



S • Length 13 millim. ; exp. 22 millim. 



Hah. Kumaon, N. India. 



It somewhat resembles 3£. dimidiata, Smith, in the colour of 

 the wings, but that species has the median segment rounded 

 posteriorly, and the basal segment of the abdomen petiolate and 

 markedly constricted at apex, besides being totally black in colour. 



Genus Scolia, Fair. 



Discolia, Sauss. — With 2 cubital cells and one 

 recurrent nervure. 



SCOLTA SIKKIMENSIS, Sp. nOV. 



$ . Head smooth, thorax and abdomen punctured and pubes- 

 cent ; clypeus with its anterior margin slightly arched and a 

 row of coarse submarginal punctures ; antennal ridge short, 

 with a shallow abbreviated groove above it ; mesonotum in the 

 middle and the apex of the scutellum smooth and shining; 

 median segment short posteriorly, roundly truncate, the trunca- 

 tion slightly convex ; abdomen longer than the head and thorax, 

 the basal segment tuberculated in the middle above, the 2nd 

 segment constricted at base. Black, the pubescence fulvous 

 red ; the mandibles, the scape, and the 1st joint of the flagellum 



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