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aucl no uuicro ou the postscutelhim. Head and tlu.rax metallic 

 green, basal two segments of the abdomen metallic blue with 

 tn-eenisli reflections m certain lights, ^rd abdominal segment dark 

 purple : the space round the ocelli, three coalescent spots along the 

 posterior margin of the pronotum, and the middle posteriorly of 

 the mesonotnm and scutellum deep purplish black ; antennie and 

 tarsi dark brown, the scape in front metallic green, no green or 

 blue ou the basal joints of the tiagellum ; head and thorax very 

 coarsely densely punctured, cribrate ; abdomen finely and closely 

 punctured, witli more scatteivd larger punctures at base of the 

 1st seo-ment, most of the large punctures on the head and thoi-ax 

 with minute punctures within : pilosity as in C. (irientalis. Head 

 proportionately rather small, vertex convex, not sloped to the 

 front : clvpeus broad, anteriorly slightly emargiuate in the middle: 



Fig. 160. — Chry^^is ohseura, J. a. Head IVuiu I'ront. 



facial hollow broad, punctured and coriaceous within, margined 

 above by a strong carina from \\hich two or three not \\ ell-defined 

 carinf© are emitted upwards towards the anterior ocellus ; antenna- 

 thick, cvlindrical and long : the 2nd joint of the flagellum very 

 short, only about half the length of the 1st, the 3rd joint verv 

 lone-, more than twice as long as the first two united ; occiput not 

 transverse, shghtlv arched posteriorly. Thorax: the pronotum 

 very convex, transversely rectangular ; the anterior angles sliglitl} 

 pro'minent, the sides nearly straight ; propleuric posteriorly ex- 

 cavate : mesonotnm and scutellum convex, the latter semicirculai-. 

 narrowed posteriorly from near the base, the median area on the 

 former rectangular,' not broadened anteriorly ; mesopleura^ very 

 coarsely sculptured and excavate, bidendate beneath : postscutellum 

 short, slightly constricted towards the apex, and together with the 

 median segment verv coarsely sculptured : the posterior lateral 

 angles of ^the latter 'produced, broadly triangular, concave above 

 and acute at apex ; wings dark fusco-hyaline. with purple irides- 

 cence in certain lights, nervures purplish bro\\n, teguhT purple 

 at base, green outwardly ; legs robust. Abdomen : the 1st seg- 

 ment concave at base, a" shallow, short, medial longitudinal groove 

 at base above ; no medial carina on the 2nd and 3rd segments, the 

 latter very slightly incrassate in front of the anteapical series of 

 foveas, these are verv large, open and deep : apical margin with fi 

 triangular almost equidistant teeth arranged on a broad curve, the 

 oiiter^'two only verv slightly shorter than the others. 



(S . Very similar in sculpture and form, but more green than 

 blue and slightlv smaller. 



