82 HYMENOPTERA. ! 



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Family CHRYSIDID.E. j 



Body oblong-ovate or ovate-rotundate, punctured, of i 

 moderate size, occasionally minute ; of splendid metallic 



colouration ; the antennae 13-jointed in both sexes and con- j 



volute ; the eyes oblong-ovate, entire ; wings with few veins, I 



membranaceous, or sub-hyaline ; abdomen generally toothed j 



at the apex ; the female having an articulated retractile ovi- I 

 positor. 



The following is the list of the 22 British species of this 

 family : — 



I. Cleptes, Latr. 



1. semiaurata, Latr, 



2. nitidula, Latr. 



II. Chrysis, Linn. \ 



1. ignita, Linn. \ 



2. Ruddii, Shuck. v 



3. fulgida, Linn. \ 



4. bidentata, Li7in. 1 



5. succincta, Linn. 



6. cyanea, Linn. \ 



7. Austriaca, Fabr. j 



8. bicolor, Dahlb. | 



9. neglecta, Shuck. , 

 10. ornata, Smith. \ 



III, EucHR^us, Latr. 



1. quadratus, Shuck, ^ 



IV. Hedychrum, Latr. ' 



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1. lucidulum, Latr. j 



2. caerulescens, St. Farg. i 



3. ardens, Curt. : 



4. fervidum, St. Farg. 



5. roseum, St. Farg. \ 



