8. HYMENOPTERA, 

 8. Chrysididae 



by 



P. CAMERON. 



The Chrysididse do not appear to be, in Tropical Africa, numerous either as 

 regards species or individuals. 



Stilbnm splendidum, F., var. amethy stimuli, F. 



Chrysis splendida, FAB., Syst. Ent., 357. - Chrysis ametliystinum, FAB., Syst. 

 Enl., 359. - - Stilbnm (tmrtliystiinnn, SMITH, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, 470. - - Stilbum 

 i-i/diiunnn (FoER.), var. amethystinum, STADELMANN, Die Hym. Ost-Afr., 51. - - Stilbum 

 splendidum, MAGRETTI, Ann. del Mus. Civ. di Storia Nat, di Geneva (2) 1, 534-. - 

 Stilbum splendidum, var. amethystinum, DU BUYSSON, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1897, 544. 



Kilinn/ndjftro: Kibonoto, lowlands, 1st March. - Meru, Ngare na nyuki, January. 



Hexachrysis (Pyria) lyiicwa, F. 



Chruxix li/itca'a, FAB., Syst. entom., 357, 4; MAGRETTI, Ann. d. Museo Civico di 

 Storia Nat. di Genova (2), XIX, 54; GRIBODO, 1. c. 1 (2), 316 (Pyria); STADELMANN, Die 

 Hymen. Ost-Afrikas, 51; SCHLETTERER, Ann. d. 1. Soc. Ent, Belg. XXXV, 30; MOCSARY, 

 Mon. Chrisid., 582; ZAVATTARI, II Ruwenzori, 112. Pyria canaliculata, LEP., Hist. 

 Nat. Ins. Hym. IV, 20; GERST., Peter's Reise Mossamb. 519. - Pyria annata, LEP., 

 Enc. Metli. Ins. X, 495. - Pyria lyncea, SMITH, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1874, 464. -- Pyria 

 Reicliei, SPINOLA, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. VII, 448. 



Kilimandjaro: Kibonoto, cultivated zone, 1,300 1,900 m., 13th May. - Mrru 

 low lands, 25th November. 



A common widely-distributed species. 



Hexachrysis Sjostedti, sp. nov. 



Green, largely marked with blue, especially on the base of the pronotum, the 

 greater part of the apical half of the mesonotum, the scutellum, base of 1st abdominal 



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