CHRYSIS. 473 



notiim and sciitellum gently convex ; mesopleura? slightly convex, 

 rugose, with a broad shallow vertical depression under the base 

 of the wings ; postseutelluin somewhat narrow and elongate, 

 arched posteriorly, the ])roduced jjosterior lateral angles ot the 

 median segment narrow, sharply acute at apex ; wings hyaline, 

 pubescent, nervures brown, tegulie purple. Abdomen elonii:ate, 

 narrow anteriorly, transverse and bearing a medial and two lateral 

 impressions at base above, 2nd segment with a slight medial longi- 

 tudinal carina, 3rd segment with the sides strongly convergent 

 posteriorly, the basal area transversely iucrassate before the ante- 

 apical series, the fovete small, piiuctiform, from S-10 in number, 

 apical margin narrowly and convexly arched, armed with four 

 triangular teeth, the two medial very close together, narrow and 

 advanced, the lateral broader at base, acute at apex, and con- 

 tinuous on the outer side with the sides of the segment. 



(S unknown. 



Length, $ 7; exp. 13 mm. 



Hub. Procured so far only in Tenasserim, Thaungyin Valley 

 (Bin(/Jia)n). 



553. Chrysis bahadiir, Aurse, Entumolo(jist, xxxvi (1903), p. 11, $ cf . 



$ . Head and thorax bronzy green, the latter more golden 

 bronzy anteriorly than posteriorly, apex of scutellum and the post- 

 scutellum metallic blue, abdomen metallic green, a spot above in 

 the middle at base of the 1st, the basal margin of the 2nd narrowly, 

 a patch on each side on the basal portion, and the anteapical series 

 of foveae on the 3rd segment deep metallic blue ; facial cavity 

 golden bronze, with a touch of coppery red ; antennae dark brown, 

 the scape in front and the basal segment of the tlagellum above 

 bronzed ; head, thorax and abdomen punctured, the punctures 

 very dense on the head aud thorax, increasing in size and cribrate 

 on the scutellum, postscutellum aud 1st abdominal segment, on the 

 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments they are very much smaller but 

 quite as dense and serried ; facial cavity densely punctured, the 

 punctures similar to the punctures on the head above ; pilosity 

 whitish, soft, short and rather sparse, in the facial cavity the hairs 

 are longer, very sparse, in no way concealing the sculpture. Head 

 a little broader than the pronotum, from the front nearly circular, 

 clypeus slightly raised in the middle, anteriorly emarginate ; 

 antennte ratlier long, the 2nd joint of the flagellum a little longer 

 than the 3rd : facial cavity bordered above by a pi-ominent trans- 

 vei'se carina, the anterior ocellus prominent, not in a hollow or 

 enclosed within carime, front and vertex convex, occiput slightly 

 emarginate. Thorax : the pronotum short, broad, strongly convex 

 from front to back, steeply declivous anteriorly, and with a small 

 round medial depression, the sides convergent anteriorly ; pro- 

 pleurse excavate, mesonotum aud scutellum gently convex : meso- 

 pleurae convex, with a well-marked longitudinal groove from base 

 to apex ; postscutellum convex, rounded posteriorly ; median 



