CITKYSIS. 44'.) 



527. Chrysis elizabethae, sp. uov. (PI. I, fig. 9.) 



2 . Head, thorax, the base and apical margin of the 1st, the 

 apical margin ot the 2ud and the 3rd abdominal segment on the 

 sides metallic green ; the region of the ocelli, two spots on the 

 pronotum, the medial area of the mesonotvnn, the middle of the 

 disc of the 1st, and the greater portion of the base broadly of 

 the 2nd and 3rci abdominal segments brilliant metallic blue ; an- 

 tennae dusky black, the scape above metallic blue, the basal two 

 joints of the flagelluni above green, legs green on the outside, on 

 the inner side together with the tarsi dusky brownish black ; head, 

 thorax and abdomen densely punctured, the punctures on the 

 abdomen except at base somewhat finer and shallower than on 

 the head and thorax, on the back of the thorax and median seg- 

 ment they are cribrate : pilosity whitish, long, abundant and 

 slightly oblique on tlie head beneath, on the legs and on apex of 

 the abdomen, entirely absent ou the 1st and 2nd abdominal seg- 

 ments above. Head subglobose, eyes large ; clypeus vertical 

 very narrow anteriorly, at the bases of the mandibles with a 

 coppery sheen ; antenna) hollow broad, within finely punctured ; 

 front with a transverse carina bent downwards at each end, 

 giving oft' from the middle a broad loop, medially on which above 

 is placed the anterior ocellus ; occipital margni transverse, slightly 

 broader than the pronotum ; antennte rather short and thick, the 

 2nd joint of the flagellum the longest. Thorax: the pronotum 

 short, very convex, transversely rectangular, the sides widely but 

 slightly emarginate, the posterior lateral angles a little produced ; 

 propleurte excavate, the hollow finely rugulose w ithin ; mesonotum 

 convex, medial area rectangular, somewhat narrow, about twice as 

 long as broad, mesopleura) coarsely punctured, angular beneath, 

 with a well-marked oblique carina from beneath the base of the 

 wings circling round the produced angular apex beneath ; scu- 

 tellum from above semicircular ; postscutellum crescentic, slightly 

 gibbous, completely hiding the median segment except its produced 

 acute posterior lateral angles ; wings hyahne with a browni.sh tint, 

 nervures and tegula? dai'k brown ; legs slender. Abdomen some- 

 what long and comparatively massive, medially carinate from near 

 the base to apex, the base with three well-marked impressions ; 

 3rd segment nearly as long as the 2nd, with an auteapical series of 

 10 modei'ately large, round, foveate punctures, the apical margin 

 gently rounded w ith tuo acute teeth close together in the middle : 

 ventral segments green, smooth and shining, with the base of the 

 2nd and sides broadly of the 1st segment brownish black. 

 J unknown. 



Length, $ 8 ; e.vj). 16 mm. 



Hah. I procured one specimen of this distinct species at Tavoy 

 in Southern Tenasserim. Superficially it resembles C. angustaht, 

 Mocs., but the bidentate apical margin of the abdomen distinguishes 

 it at once. 



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