454 CHRYSIDIDiE. 



thorax and abdomen and on the legs ; the space round the ocelH, 

 two or thi'ee spots on the })ronotum, the medial area more or less 

 of the mesouotum, the scutellum, and 2nd and 3rd abdominal 

 segments medially pnrplish blue, mixed with black on the scutellum 

 and medial area of mesonotum ; antennae black, the scape in front 

 green, the legs green, the tarsi brown ; pilosity brownish, short, 

 fairly abundant ; the facial hollow with rather long VA'hitish 

 recumbent hairs on the sides ; head, thorax and abdomen densely, 

 somewhat evenly punctured, the punctures within rugulose. Head 

 from the front broad, much broader than long, the sides conver- 

 gent anteriorly ; clypeus broad, subporrect ; antennae rather long, 

 slender, cylindrical ; the facial hollow with a transverse carina a 

 little above its upper margin, vertex convex, anterior ocellus free, 

 not set in a hollow nor with lateral carince. Thorax : the prono- 

 tum transversely rectangular, the sides sinuate, the anterior lateral 

 angles distinctly truncate ; mesonotum slightly convex, the medial 

 area rectangiilar ; mesopleurae strongly margined, grooved posteriorly, 

 the apex beneath excavate ; scutellum and postscutellum convex, 

 the median segment vertical, almost hidden under the postscutellum, 

 its posterior lateral angles produced, acute ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 and tegulsB brown ; legs short. Abdomen medially distinctly 

 carinate ; the 1st segment with a medial broad short groove at 

 base, and a slight hollow on the base at each side ; the apical 

 n)argin of the 3rd segment with the middle and the posterior 

 lateral angles dentate, and an anteapical lateral series of 6 foveae, the 

 lateral ones sometimes obsolete. 



Length, § 6-6'5 ; exp. 13 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon (aptff? Mocsdry) ; Kandy, Peradeniya {Green). I 

 have not seen a c? of this species. 



533. Chrysis scioensis, Grih. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xiv (1879), p. 344 ; 

 id. I. c. xvi (1881), p. 251 ; Mocs. (Trichrvsis), Mon. Chri/s. 1889, 

 p. 321 ; (hi JBui/ss. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. x (1896), p. 471. 



$ , Dark metallic green, the space round the ocelli, the median 

 area of the mesonotum, and the bases and discs slightly of the 

 apical two abdominal segments dark metallic blue, getting black in 

 the middle of the space round the ocelli ; antenna? brown, scape in 

 front and first joint of flagellum above green. In some specimens 

 this blue is more or less absent. Head, thorax and abdomen mode- 

 rately coarsely and evenly punctured, the punctures smaller and 

 more distantly spaced on the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments, 

 and minutely punctured within on the thorax ; pilosity brownish, 

 moderately abundant, exceedingly shoi-t on the basal two abdominal 

 segments. Head much broader than long, the eyes very pro- 

 minent ; clypeus broad, widely emai'ginate in the middle anteriorly : 

 facial hollow moderately deep, rugose within, covei-ed with long 

 white hairs, above bi-carinate, the lower margin or carina indis- 

 tinct, the upper in two ax'ches in some specimens, simply widely 



