456 Mr. F. Smith's Revision 



inner margin of the black portion deeply sinuated laterally ; 

 the punctvires strong, more or less confluent and oblong in 

 form, particularly so on the disk; beneath, entirely fer- 

 ruginous. 



i/ai.— Cape of Good Hope. 



Fam. CHRYSIDID^, Leach. 



ChnjsididcB, Leach, Brit. Encycl. (1817) ; Dahlb. 

 Hym. Europ., ii. 95 (1854). 



Genus Chrysis. 

 Chrysis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. vol. i. p. 947. 



Div. \. The apical segment of the abdomen entire. 

 \. Chrysis artifex* 



Length 5 lines. Head and thorax violet, with blue 

 tints ; abdomen golden, with shades of carmine in certain 

 lights. The face with silvery-white pubescence ; the an- 

 tennas also with a fine white pile, the three basal seg- 

 ments tinged with violet ; the third segment of the abdomen 

 of a bright carmine tint, the second slightly so on the disk 

 in certain lights ; the legs blue, with the tarsi black ; wings 

 subhyaline. The thorax slightly narrowed before the 

 tegulai ; the anterior lateral angles subacute ; the post- 

 scutellum elevated into a slight tubercle. Head and 

 thorax strongly and veiy closely punctured. Abdomen : 

 finely and very closely punctured, most strongly so at the 

 base ; the second segment with a central longitudinal 

 carina, it is also faintly traced on the basal segment ; 

 beneath golden, Avith a coppery lustre on the two apical 

 segments. 



Hab. — Hong Kong. 



2. Chrysis faustus* 



Female. — Length 4| lines. Green with shades of blue ; 

 head and thorax strongly punctured, the abdomen very 

 finely so. 



Head and prothorax of a bright golden-green, the rest 

 of the thorax of a dark green with brighter shades laterally ; 

 the tegulre smooth and bright green. Abdomen : each seg- 

 ment more or less blue-green towards its basal margin ; 



