4 Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalia. 



reticulations ; the hinder part with the punctuation 

 closer and finer ; over the sternum is a wide, deep, 

 longitudinal furrow. The prosternum has a semicircular 

 furrow at the apex ; and down its centre, before and 

 behind the semicircular furrow, is a straight keel. 



€• Apex of abdomen with a tooth on either side and 

 in the middle. 



This section resembles closely that of the preceding, 

 from which it differs in having a tooth in the centre of 

 the apex of the abdomen, and also in the front having 

 no area enclosed by stout keels. 



Chrysis mendicalis, sp. nov. 



Long. 6 mm. 



Hab. Barrackpore. 



Green, the centre of the thorax and the greater part 

 of the second and third abdominal segments, blue ; the 

 coxae, femora, and tibiae green ; the tarsi fuscous ; the 

 wings almost hyaline. 



Antennae stout, black ; the first and second joints 

 green ; the third joint hardly one-quarter longer than the 

 fourth. Vertex coarsely punctured, almost reticulated 

 on the lower side; the ocellar region, and the part 

 behind, bluish-purple; the excavated front closely punc- 

 tured at the side ; the centre finely transversely striated ; 

 the keel over the depression stout, and reaching to near 

 the bottom of the eyes. Pronotum slightly more than 

 half the length of the eyes ; the sides oblique, rounded 

 in front, uniformly coarsely punctured, the central area 

 more coarsely, almost running into reticulations towards 

 the apex, and for the greater part purplish. The pro- 

 pleurae with a large oval depression at the top, which 

 is almost smooth ; the lower part shagreened. The 

 mesopleurae coarsely punctured, almost reticulated ; a 

 small basal and a larger apical, smooth, deep depression 



