Pompiliden-Studien. II. (Hym.). 



149 



M. violacea Dutt, Mem. Dept. [nicht Dipt., wie im Archiv- Bericht 

 f. 1902 Hym. p. 201 steht] Agric. Ind. Entom. Ser. 4 p. 188. Abb. 



Ob es sich hierbei nur in allen Fällen um dieselbe Art handelt, 

 erscheint zweifelhaft. 



Im folgenden gebe ich die Originalbeschreibung Lepel.'s wieder: 

 ,,2. Macromeris violette. — Macromeris violacea V* 

 Antennae nigrae. Caput caeruleo-nigrum, violaceo nitens. Thorax 

 subtus et lateiibus caeruleo-niger violaceo nitens, dorso fusciore. Ab- 

 domen caeruleo-nigrum, violaceo splendide nitens. Pedes abdomini 

 concolores. Pili ubique nigri, in capites vertice thoracisque dorso 

 densiores. Alae violaceo- nigrae, splendide caeruleo nitentes. Mas." 

 Folgt die französ. Übersetzung. 



Nouvelle Guinee. Kapportee par le capitaine d'Urville et commu- 

 niquee par M. Guerin. 



Die ausführliche Diagnose Bingham in Fauna of Brit. India vol. I, 

 1897 p. 105 lautet: 



Macromeris violacea Lepel. Guer. Mag. Zool. 1831 pl. 30, id., 

 Hym. III p. 464 S\ Smith, Cat. III p. 181; Cam., Mem. Manch. L. 

 Phil. Soc. (4) IV, 1891, p. 435. 



Macromeris iridipennis Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. 1859 p. 156, 

 ?cJ, var. 



§. Head, pro- and mesonotum densely pruinose; scutellum, 

 postscutellum and legs smooth and shining; median segment above 

 finely rugose ; abdomen sparsely pruinose, with a very short recumbent 

 pile; head and thorax with scattered long pubescence, somewhat 

 dense on clypeus; legs long, the tibiae and tarsi without spines, the 

 coxae and femora stout, thick; abdomen fusiforme, subpetiolate, the 

 apical two segments studded with long erect hairs. Black, with 

 beautiful purple and blue reflections in certains lights, the metanotum 

 dull and opaqüe; the pubescence on the head, thorax and apex of the 

 abdomen velvety black; wings dark brown, with a most brilliant 

 purple effulgence changing in different lights. 



cJ. Precisely similar in colour and pubescence; differs only in 

 the form of the coxae and femora of the legs, which, as noted in the 

 description of the genus, are immensily thickened, and in some speci- 

 mens (var. iridifennis, Sm.) the femora are laminated below and the 

 edge serrate. 



Hab. : India generally, except in the very dry regions; Andamans; 

 Assam; Burma; Tenasserim, and the Malayan region right through 

 to New Guinea. ? Length 25—30; exp. 58—66 mm, <J Length 22—26, 

 exp. 56 — 60 mm. 



Die spezialisierten Angaben beim $ erweisen sich als allgemeine 

 männliche Merkmale, höchstens könnte die Angabe ,, femora- immen- 

 sely thickened" von Bedeutung sein. Auch das ,, femora laminated 

 below and the edge serrated" ist nicht spezifisch. 



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