1 88 . Mr. P. Cameron ^?^ 



Chalcura Bedeli, sp. nov. Cam. (PI. I. f. 8, 9, a — b\ 



Dark blue ; the antennae black, dark testaceous at the 

 apex beneath, the legs testaceous, the coxae, the base of 

 anterior femora, the middle more broadly at the base and 

 the posterior to near the apex, black ; abdomen piceous, the 

 base and apex of the second, and the others broadly 

 blackish ; wings hyaline, a light fulvous cloud in the middle, 

 and which becomes cleft before the base of the humerus ; 

 ■ the upper branch running along the ulna ; the lower along 

 the lower edge of the wing ; the nervures testaceous. An- 

 tennae about as long as the thorax, serrate; the joints of the 

 flagellum (except the last) sharply produced in front ; the 

 basal joints with the apices very sharp; the first joint 

 of the flagellum nearly twice the length of the second. 

 • Head shining, the front broadly depressed ; the vertex and 

 clypeus transversly ; the front obliquely striolated. Thorax 

 shining, irregularly striolate ; except a large space on the 

 lateral lobe of the mesonotum in front of the tegulae. 

 Parapsidal furrows distinct ; and there is an indistinct furrow 

 between them. The middle of mesopleurae excavated 

 transversely ; the metapleurae obliquely. There is a trans- 

 verse narrow furrow in front of the scutellum ; its base is 

 hollowed, the hollow with stout longitudinal keels ; the 

 scutellum finely longitudinally striolated ; the apex pro- 

 duced obliquely ; the apex scarcely truncated ; the median 

 segment aciculate. Petiole a little more than twice longer 

 than broad. 



The $ has the antennae flabellate ; the branches curved; 

 the penultimate joint has the branch much shorter than the 

 others ; the last joint does not carry a branch, and is sharply 

 produced at top and bottom. The thorax is more strongly 

 striolate than in the 9 ; the depression at the base of the 

 scutellum is obsolete, and the apex of the scutellum is more 

 deeply incised ; the median segment is irregularly reticulated,. 



