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clypeus anteriorly transverse, slightly convex iu the middle; 

 autennje short and thick, rather flattened and twisted and bearing 

 a slight rcseinblance to the autennse as in the genus F/eurocera, 

 occiput slightly convex. Thorax : pronotmn transversely' rect- 

 angular, cubical, the sides parallel, the anterior lateral margins 

 acute, prominent, the front above widely emarginate and bevelled : 

 propleura? excavate ; mesonotum and scutellum gently convex ; 

 luesopleuroD very rugose, obtuse beneath, transverse, i'oveolate : 

 postscutellum very convex, gibbous, entirely overlying the median 

 segment, the posterior lateral angles of which are very broadh 

 produci'd, flat, with the apex somewhat obtuse ; wings very dark 

 brown with a purple effulgence in certain lights, the venation 

 normal, the radial cell of fore wing complete, nervures dark brown, 

 tegulae dark blue. Abdomen broad and massive, somewhat as in 

 C. lirincipalis, C. oculata, &c., the base slightly concave, the medial 

 longitudinal carina on the 2ud segment absent or very indistinct ; 

 the sides of the abdomen convergent posteriorly, the Jird segment 

 transversely incrassate in front of the auteapical series, the fovea' 

 small, round but distinct, the ajtical margin armed with 5 teeth, 

 the outer two on each side spinoid. acute, the middle tooth broad, 

 triangular, obtuse. 



$ unknown. 



Length, d lO'S ; exj'. -^) mm. 



Hah. Upper Bux*ma, Mandalay {Biiighani). 



562. Chrysis amcenula. Jlocsdn/ (Peutachrvsis), Termesz. Fihcfek, xxii 

 (1899), p. 187, 2 . 



" $ . Of moderate size, elongate, robustly built, with greyish- 

 wliite pilosity ; the vertex behind the ocelli, collar, median lobe 

 of mesonotum, the discs of the abdominal segments, the base on 

 each side of the 2nd and the entire base of the 3rd segment deep 

 bluish black, the margin of the 2nd segment bright golden ; facial 

 cavity deep, densely punctured, coriaceous, the sides with silver) 

 pubescence, above the anterior ocellus is placed in an obsoletel} 

 defined area ; antenuce slightly incrassate, black, the scape and 

 basal two joints of the flagellum green, the 2nd joint somewhat 

 short, about equal in lengtli to the 3rd ; cheeks rather long, about 

 equal to the 2nd joint or a little longer ; vertex somewhat densely 

 and finely, the thorax above rather strongly and closely punctate- 

 reticulate; pronotum rather long, narrower than the head or the 

 mesonotum, anteriorly slightly impressed in the middle, the sides 

 parallel, not sinuate ; metanotum convex, somewhat gibbous ; 

 posterior lateral angles strongly produced, triangular, acute, 

 slightly curved ; mesopleura? below margined, the apical area 

 distinct and coarsely sculptured ; the abdomen above strongly 

 convex, nearly evenly and somewhat densely strongly punctured, 

 the narrow interspaces smooth ; 2nd segment not medially carinate, 

 the posterior lateral angles slightly prominent ; 3rd segment rather 

 strongly convex, the fovea; not deep, about 12 in number, lor the 



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