100 HYMENOPTERA. 



a rich golden or coppery-red ; abdomen red, with a golden 

 effulgence, beneath black ; the head and thorax coarsely and 

 deeply punctured; the abdomen finely punctured, but more 

 strongly so than in most of the other species ; the apical seg- 

 ment rounded, entire; the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; the wings 

 fusco-hyaline, darkest towards their apical margins. 



This is a very rare species, but has been taken in the London 

 district. I never captured an example. 



5. Hedychrum roseum, St. Farg. Ann. Muse, vii. 123, 13. 



Shuck. Mon. Chrys. Ent. Mag. 



iv. 173, 6. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Eur. ii. 93, 53; 



Dispos. 2, 3. 

 Wesm. Bull. Acad. Roy. des Sc. 

 Brux. vi. 169, 1. 

 Chrysis rosea, Rossi, Mantis. Ins. 132,290; Faun. Etrus. 



ii. tab. 8, fig. 7. 

 Chrysis rufa, Panz. Faun. Germ. 79, 16 ; Jurine, Hym. 



297. 

 Length 3 lines. Head, thorax, scape of the antennae, 

 femora and tibiee, green or blue, splashed with gold in some 

 examples, the tarsi rufo-piceous ; the flagellum black ; the 

 wings hvaline at their base, but fuscous bevond the stigma. 

 Abdomen rosy-ferruginous, frequently with a violet iride- 

 scence, particularly at the apex. 



This insect was first captured in this country on Hamp- 

 stead Heath by Shuckard, upwards of twenty years ago ; 

 where I have frequently captured it, but not during the last 

 few years ; in fact the Heath is fast losing its entomological 

 reputation; the close approach of London and the conse- 

 quent increase of visitors to the Heath have nearly de- 



