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deep punctures ; near the centre there is one distinct row 

 and a few other punctures. Post-scutellum shining and 

 sHghtly punctured in the middle ; the sides strongly acicu- 

 lated. Median segment strongly aciculated, the apex with 

 the sides closely transversely striated ; down the centre at 

 the base are two flat, irregular keels. Propleurae punc- 

 tured ; the apex closely obliquely striolated except at the 

 top, which is punctured ; the metapleurae stoutly obliquely 

 striolated ; the upper part closely and finely at the base 

 above. The coxae and femora shining, sparsely covered 

 with long, white hair, this being also the case with the fore 

 tibiae and tarsi ; the four hinder tibiae very thickly covered 

 with stiff, white hair; their calcaria pale fulvous ; the tarsal 

 hairs silvery, their spines pale fulvous. Wings violaceous, 

 the base of the hinder pair hyaline. Abdomen ferruginous, 

 the two apical segments black ; the sides and apex rather 

 thickly covered with long, white hair; the basal segment 

 with shallow, widely separated punctures ; the other 

 segments with the punctures fewer in number and more 

 widely separated ; the pygidium coarsely punctured, 

 except at the apex, which is pale yellow, dull rufous 

 behind ; the ventral surface covered, not very thickly, with 

 long, white hair. 



A smaller species than M. violaceipennis, to which it is 

 closely allied ; but from which it is very distinct, differing 

 greatly in the sculpture of the thorax, the pronotum in 

 M. violaceipennis being very coarsely longitudinally strio- 

 lated, and the scutellum very coarsely punctured ; while 

 in the present species those parts bear only scattered 

 punctures ; the punctures on the head are also fewer, and 

 neither so large nor so deep. 



MYZINE violaceipennis, Sp. 710V. 



Long. 19-20 mm. ?. 



Hab. Poona, Bombay ( Wroughton), 



