94 HYMENOPTERA. 



second segments ; the apical margin not toothed, but evenlyi 

 rounded without lateral angles. i 



This species, which is now added to the British Fauna, isij 

 most closely allied to the C. Austriaca ; but from which itlj 

 may be easily distinguished by the close and minute punc- • 

 turing of the abdomen, by the rounded apical margin of the^ 

 abdomen, and by its general form ; being widest at the apex-^ 

 of the second segment ; the characteristic row of fossulets,^ 

 which is present in all the species, is sub-obsolete, whilst in \ 

 C. Austriaca they are deeply impressed, and the lateral ; 

 angles are rounded off, or sub-acute. The lateral teeth ^orj 

 spines on the metathorax larger and more acute than in Aus- 

 triaca. The only specimens I have seen were obtained from j 

 nests of Osviia parietina ; the cells or pupa cases of the ' 

 Chrysis were not distinguishable from those of the bee. ; 

 Zetterstedt obtained this species from nests of Osmia nigri- I 

 ventrisj a close ally, if not identical, with O. painetina. 



9. Chrysis neglecta. Shuck. Mon. Chrys. Ent. Mag. iv. ' 

 169, 12. 

 Chrysis Austriaca^ Dahlb. Mon. Chrys. 14, 12. j 



Chrysis integrella, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. ii. 133, 73. 

 Length 3 — 4 lines. Head, thorax, legs and basal joints of ] 

 the antennae dark blue, varied with bright tints of green, oc- 

 casionally splashed with gold, particularly on the prothorax ; i 

 the mesothorax sometimes nearly black, finely punctured ; \ 

 the scutelium and postscutellum most strongly so ; wings ] 

 slightly fuscous, the nervures brown, the tegulas green ; the ' 

 tarsi black. Abdomen very finely and very closely punc- 

 tured ; of a rich carmine, semi-opaque, with a slight central ! 

 longitudinal elevation in the middle of the second segment; j 

 the apex without teeth. The anterior wings have the mar- i 

 ginal cell open at its apex. | 



