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32. Chrysis multicolor. Male.—VarT^le, thickly punctured, 

 with cinereous pubescence. Head green in front. Antennae black ; 

 first joint green. Scutum black between the two distinct parallel 

 furrows. Metathorax ^vitll a stout spine on each side of the hind 

 border. Abdomen cupreous, with a slight keel and with three large 

 segments ; first segment, and the hind borders of the second and 

 third segments, golden green ; hind border of the third segment 

 golden green ; under side purple, partly blue and green. Legs 

 bluish green ; tarsi black. Wings cinereous ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 5 lines. 



Wady Ferran. 



Female. — Bluish green. Head purple about the hind border; 

 triangle of the ocelli black. Antennae black; first joint bluish green. 

 Scutum purple between the two parallel furrows. Abdomen cupreous ; 

 first segment golden green ; under side green. Legs green ; tarsi 

 tawny. Var. j8. — Golden green. Scutum black between the two 

 parallel furrows. Abdomen as in Var. a, except the disk of the first 

 segment, which is cupreous. Tarsi piceous. Length of the body 

 3 — 3i lines. 



Wady Ferran. 



33. Chrysis electa. Male. — Golden green, with cinereous 

 pubescence, thickly punctured. Head with silvery pubescence on 

 each side in front. Scutum purple between the two parallel furrows. 

 Metathorax with a stout tooth on each side of the hind border. 

 Abdomen with three large segments and with an extremely slight 

 keel; second and third segments blue about the fore border; hind 

 border of the third with four teeth. Legs green ; tarsi piceous, pale 

 testaceous at the base. Wings pellucid ; veins black. Var. /3. — 

 Tarsi wholly piceous. Length of the body 4 — 4i lines. 



Wady Ferran. 



34. Chrysis communis. Male and female. — Green, with cinereous 

 pubescence, thickly punctured. Antennae black; first joint green. 

 Scutum bluish green ; the two parallel furrows well defined. Hind 

 border of the metathorax with a stout spine on each side. Abdomen 

 with three large segments and with an extremely slight keel ; hind 

 border of the third segment quadridentate. Tarsi black. Wings 

 cinereous ; veins black. Var. (3. — Bluish green. Var. y. — Purplish 

 blue. Length of the body 2i — 3 lines. 



Wady Ferran. Tajura. 



