CHRYSIS. 4/0 



Hah. Kecordecl so far only from Sikhim {Harmand) ; I got it at 

 Eungaroon, 7000 ft., near JDarjiling. It will probably be found 

 througlioiit the Himalayas. it is a very widespread species, 

 occurring also in North America. 



555. Chrysis saraksensis, Eadoszk. Jiei\ d'Eni. x (1<S!)1), p. J9o. 



Chrysis seraxeusis, dn. Buyss. Jour. Bomb. N. II. b'ur. x (18UG), 

 pp. 472, 473. 



5 . iMetallic bluish green ; the median area of the mesonotum, 

 the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments (except at apical margins;, 

 more blue, the antenn* dusky black, the scape and the basal two 

 segments of the flagellum above green, legs green, tarsi dark 

 brown ; head and thorax densely punctured, rugose, the punctures 

 iiTegular in size and serried, abdomen more finely punctured 

 than the head and thorax but equally densely ; facial cavity punc- 

 tured and granulate, the sides covered with rather long white 

 pubescence ; pilosity brownish, abundant, soft and short. Head 

 as long as and a little broader than the pronotum ; clypeus slightly 

 raised in the middle anteriorly, transverse or a little arched ; facial 

 hollow deep, sharply margined above ; antennas long, the '2ud joint 

 of the riagellum a little longer than the 3rd ; front and vertex 

 convex, occiput transverse, rounded posteriorly. Thorax : the 

 pronotum subcylindrical, the sides nearly parallel, the anterior 

 margin rounded, not sharp ; propleuroe excavate ; mesonotum and 

 scutellum convex ; the mesopleurae very rugose, studded with 

 rather large fovete ; postscutellum very convex, rounded and some- 

 what prominent ; posterior lateral angles of the median segment 

 produced, slightly curved downwards ; wings hyaline with a slight 

 fuscous tint, radial cell of fore wing closed. Abdomen elongate, 

 rather narrow, at base slightly emarginate with three slight im- 

 pressions above, 2nd segment medially longitudinally carinate, 

 3rd segment convex, the foveas of the anteapical series few but 

 large, apical margin with 4 rather large, triangular, subequal teeth. 



Length, § 6-6-5 ; exp. 11 mm. 



Hah. Central Provinces (Betham); Western India, Bombay 

 (WroiKjhton) ; Upper Burma, Mandalay, Meiktila {Bingham). 

 JDescribed originally from Saraks in Central Asia. 



I have described the form found in Burma. It seems to be a 

 variable and widely-spread species. The Central Asian specimens 

 according to liadoszkowski are a bright green with the scutellum 

 golden green. One Mandalay specimen has the scutellum slightly 

 golden. 



556. Chrysis indogotea, l)uf. vt Pen: Ann. Soc. Enf. Er. ix (1.S40), 

 p. 38; Eadmiz. Hor. Sue. Ent. Ross, iii (1S(50), p. 304, pi. iv, 

 lig. 20 ; Mocs. (Tutracbrysis) Mo7i. Chnjs. 1889, p. 346, $ J . 



5 . Metallic green or blue according to the light, antenna) black, 

 the scape and the basal two joints of the flagellum above blue or 

 green, legs green, tarsi reddish brown ; head densely, thorax and 



