1865.] 311 



Female. — Subelongate and parallel, brilliant green, densely and ra- 

 ther coarsely punctured, clothed with a rather thick and short, pale 

 pubescence ; antenmedull black, the scape green. Thorax : disk of pro- 

 thorax snicate ; dorsal lines of raesothorax well-defined and strongly di- 

 verging anteriorly, the space between them tinged with blue, with a rather 

 broad black stripe down the middle ; posterior angles of metathorax much 

 depressed, prominent, divergent, subacute, and somewhat claw-shaped : 

 tegulre green. Wings nearly hyaline, having only a faint fuscous tinge : 

 nervures fuscous. Legs green, pubescent, blue behind, posterior pair 

 blue-black behind; tarsi blackish above, testaceous beneath. Abdo- 

 men brilliant green, with a beautiful blue reflection in certain lights, 

 especially on the base of the second and third segments, very closely 

 punctured, the punctures finer than those of the thorax; apical margin 

 of the third segment with four not prominent, equidistant, obtuse teeth, 

 and before the apex a transverse row of very deep punctures ; venter 

 concave, blue-green. Length 4? lines; expanse of wings 7 lines. 



One specimen. 



s. Chrysis pulcherrima. n. sp. 



Green, very densely punctured, apex of abdomen azure-blue, the apical mar- 

 gin with four very obtuse teeth: wings hyaline; face densely pilose. 



Mule. — Elongate, subparallel, brilliant green, somewhat golden, 

 clothed with whitish pubescence ; head broader than the thorax ; eyes 

 very large and rounded ; face narrow, depressed and densely clothed 

 with appressed white pubescence ; clypeus tinged with blue ; man- 

 dibles piceous, green at base; abdomen dull black, scape green. Tho- 

 rax very densely and rather coarsely punctured ; disk of prothorax 

 sulcate; dorsal lines of mesothorax distinct, scarcely diverging in front; 

 posterior angles of metathorax promiuent, divergent and obtuse; teguhie 

 golden-green. Wings hyaline, nervures black. Legs blue-green, pu- 

 bescent ; tarsi blackish, sericeous beneath. Abdomen very densely 

 punctured, the punctures finer than those of the thorax ; basal segment 

 brilliant green ; second segment blue-green, with a faint central longi- 

 tudinal ridge ; third segment deep azure-blue, the extreme basal margin 

 purplish-black, the apical margin broadly rounded and armed with four 

 very obtuse teeth, the two middle ones more approximate ; immediately 

 before the apex a transverse row of shallow punctures; venter greeu. 

 Length -k} lines; expanse of wings 6? lines. 

 One specimen. 



9. Chrysis venusta, n. sp. 



Green, changing to blue on second and third segments of abdomen, apex of 

 the latter armed with four long acute teeth and deeply foveolated before : 

 wings subhyaline. 



