BRITISH CHRYSIDID^. 173 



Chrysis fervida. Fab. Sp. T. 456. 12. Mant. 283. 14. Ent. 

 S?/s. II. 242. 16. Piez. 175. 23. Oliv. 

 Encij. Mtth. Ins. II. 675. 16. Spin. I. 

 64.9. 



The head and thorax very coarsely punctured ; the abdomen more 

 delicately so, but more coarsely than in its congeners ; the abdo- 

 men very broad, and much rounded at its extremity ; the last 

 segment having a minute tooth on each side towards the base • 

 the vertex and dorsal portion of the pro- and mesothorax, with the 

 scutellum, of a rich coppery green, intermingled with red : the 

 face, legs, (excepting the tarsi, which are ficeous,) pectus, and meta- 

 thorax, of an intense blue : wings very fuscous, especially towards 

 their extremity : abdomen of a pinkish red, with a golden reful- 

 gence : the venter, black. (Length, 4 lines.) 



This splendid species, which has been taken three times at 

 Wandsworth, by my friend, W. W. Sanders, Esq. (to whose 

 liberality I am indebted for my specimen,) is the largest British 

 one I am acquainted with. There is a specimen in the British 

 Museum, but I am unacquainted with the place of its capture. 



Sp. 6. Hed. roseum. 



Chrysis rosae, Rossi, Fauna Etrusca, T. II. ed. 8vo. 



Le Peletier, Ann. du Museum, VII. 12.3. 13. 

 Chrysis rufa Pan^. F. G. 79. 16. 



Head and thorax very coarsely punctured ; abdomen delicately so : 

 head, scape of the antennae, thorax, and legs, (excepting the 

 tarsi, which are piceous,) green or blue, occasionally splashed with 

 gold : the scutellum frequently golden : the wings hyaline ; the 

 apex with a broad fuscous band : the abdomen testaceous or 

 carneous, sometimes darker towards its apex, which is much 

 rounded, and it has occasionally a violet reflection. 



This very pretty insect, which I had the pleasure of intro- 

 ducing to the British Fauna, occurs in abundance at one 

 particular spot on Hampstead Heath, where I captured it 

 settling on the sand. I have for hours endeavoured to trace 

 its habits, but in vain ; all that I have been able to observe is, 

 that it alights on the ground, runs a few inches, turns round, 

 and flies off again. I have not been able to find whence it 

 comes, or whither it goes ; it may probably be parasitic upon 

 Tachytes pompUiformis, or Gorytes tumidus, for I have 



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