-i-i4 CHEYSIDIDJE. 



519. Chrysis qiiaerita, Xursc, Entumoh<i!st, xxxv (1902), p. 307, J. 



" c? . Kather stoutly built; head, thorax and abdomen closely, 

 but not very finely i)unctured, and covered with a short, sparse, 

 greyish ])ubescence ; head about as wide as pronotum, and, when 

 viewed from above, subequal to it ; abdomen not quite so lojig as 

 head and thorax united ; vertex overhanging the front, but with no 

 distinct ridge between them ; front concave, finely and closely 

 punctured, and with stiff somewhat sparse white pubescence ; 

 pronotum with a median longitudinal depression ; 3rd abdominal 

 segment trisinuate, with pubapical fovese. Dark blue, with a 

 greenish tint in some lights ; front and scutellum light green ; 

 mandibles, antennae and tarsi black; wings hyaline, the radial 

 cell subfuscous and closed. 



" Lenr/th, c? 6 mm. 



" Hah. Deesa ; a single example." (Xtirse.) 



520. Chrysis bayadera, du Bnijsson, Jour. Bomb. H. X.Soc x (189G), 



pp. 469 & 470 ; pi. ii, fig. 15 ; pi. iii, figs. 1, 3 ; pi. v, fig. b. 



" c? . Body narrow, subparallel, entirely bright green or bright 

 blue, with the vertex, the median area of the mesonotum, the base 

 of the 2nd, and the whole of the 3rd abdominal segment deep 

 blue, at times becoming blackish blue ; the pronotum, the scutellum, 

 and the apical half of the 2nd abdominal segment fiery golden. 

 Pubescence white, fine. Head thick, rounded ; facial cavity 

 golden green, narrow, finely punctured, covered with white hairs, 

 mai'gined above by traces of a transverse carina ; cheeks moderate, 

 converging anterioi'ly ; antenna^ maroon, the first two joints 

 greenish bronze, the 3rd a little longer than the 4th. Punctures 

 on the body anteriorly of moderate size, serried, close together, 

 subcoriaceous, mixed with finer punctures ; pronotum subcyliu- 

 drical ; postscutellum with the anterior suture open, gapuig ; the 

 posterior lateral angles of the metathorax triangular, the apex 

 obtuse, straight. Tegula? maroon colour, wings slightly fuscous ; 

 legs green, tarsi reddish maroon. Abdomen wide, slightly carinate, 

 a little depressed ; the punctures moderate, serried, subcoriaceous, 

 irregular, mixed with finer punctures, the posterior lateral angles 

 of the 2ud segment rounded ; 3rd segment regularly convex, the 

 sides straight and continuous with those of the apical margin ; 

 series anteapical very slightly hollow ; 12 small foveas, subtrans- 

 verse, open, subcoufluent ; the apical margin short, slightly sinuate 

 at apex. Abdomen beneath marked with black. 



" 2 • Differs from the J by being brighter coloured, the cheeks 

 long, the 3rd joint of the antenuse longer, colour blue ; the 3rd 

 abdominal segment more elongate, and the abdomen beneath 

 blue." (du 23u>/s.son.) 



Length, $ cJ " 7-S mm," 



Hab. Central Pi-ovinces ; Toona {Wroify/iion). 



Unknown to me. 



