33. HYLOTOMA. 61 



33. Hylotoma sanguinicollis *. 



Hylotoma sanguinicollis, Andre, Spec. Hym. i. no. 7, cover (1880). 

 Hab. Erivan. 



34. Hylotoma nigritarsis. 



Hylotoma nigritarsis, King, Jahrb. d. Insect i. p. 233, n. 31 (1834). 

 Hab. Syria. 



35. Hylotoma jonasi. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 11.) 



Hylotoma nigritarsis, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 374. 



Exp. al. 1 poll., long. corp. 6 lin. 



Blue-black ; palpi ruf o-testaceous ; back of head and thorax covered 

 with a fine hoary pile ; tibiae yellowish white ; tips of hind tibiae 

 blue-black ; tarsi mostly blue-black, except more or less of the first 

 joint. Wings yellowish hyaline ; costa blue-black, with a violaceous- 

 brown fascia running from it quite across the wing. 



Allied to H. violacea and exjpansa. 



Hab. Japan. 



a. 2 • (Type of species.) Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



b. 2- Japan. Mr. Jonas. 



36. Hylotoma similis. 



(Plate IV. fig. 13.) 



Hylotoma similis, VoUenh. Tijdschr. Ent. iii. p. 128 (1860). 

 Hylotoma imperator, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 374. 



Exp. al. 7-11J lin., long. corp. 4-5 lin. 



Dark purplish blue ; antennae long, pubescent beneath in the 

 male, and black ; legs darker purple than the body. Wings smoky, 

 strongly glossed with purple. 



Allied to H. enodis. The largest specimen is from Shanghai. 



Hah. China ; Japan. 



a-e. <S 2 • (Types of H. imperator.) Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



/. cJ . North China. R. Fortune. 



g, h. 2' Shanghai. R. Fortune. 



i-l- 6 2 • Hong Kong. J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



m. 2 • Macao. J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



n. <S . Foo-Chow-Foo. G. T. Lay, Esq. 



* As this species has only been described on the cover of a periodical publi- 

 cation, I copy the description here : — 



"Tete, thorax et abdomen bleu fonce brillant avec quelques reflets vert m6- 

 tallique. Pronotum avec les lobes rouges. Antennes noires. Hanches et 

 cuisses bleu sombre ; tibias noir grisatre avec des reflets verts sur les posterieurs; 

 tarses noir grisatre avec des reflets verts sur les posterieurs ; tarses noir grisatre 

 avec l'extremite des articles un peu roussatre. Ailes enfumees, noiratres, sur- 

 tout vers la base, sans tache ; nervures noires, stigma roux a la base. Long. 

 7 mm. ; env. 16 mm." 



