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of the basal segment of the abdomen green ; there is also, 

 in certain lights, a tinge of green on the sides of the two 

 following segments and also on their apical margins ; the 

 apical margin of the posterior segment armed Avith four 

 acute teeth, the two central ones approximating ; a smooth 

 central line down the second and third segments ; on each 

 side of the central carina on the third segment are four 

 deep oblong fossidets in the place of the usual row of 

 punctures. 



Hab. — Shanghai. 



Div. 3. The apical segment of the abdomen with 5 teeth. 

 11. Chrysis imperiosus* 



Female. — Length 4 lines. The face, the lateral angles 

 of the metathorax, the legs and body beneath, brilliant 

 golden-green ; the vertex and thorax above coj^pery, with 

 a purple lustre ; abdomen violet, with the sides more or 

 less coppery ; the post-scutellum has posteriorly ' a violet 

 tint. The sides of the prothorax sinuated ; the head, 

 thorax and abdomen of equal width. The wings sub- 

 hyaline, the nervures fuscous. The head and thorax 

 coarsely and closely punctured. Abdomen closely and 

 strongly punctured. 



Hub. — Moreton Bay. 



12. Chrysis Shanghaiensis* 



Female. — Length 5 — 6 lines. Bright green, Avith golden 

 tints, adorned in parts with blue. The face and three 

 basal joints of the antenna3 golden-green ; the vertex be- 

 hind the ocelli blue. Thorax : the disk of the mesothorax 

 more or less blue, the central division usually so ; wings 

 fuscous, palest towards their apical margins, and having a 

 purple iridescence ; legs green, with their tarsi black. 

 Abdomen : the basal half of the second and third segment 

 bright blue. The head and thorax strongly and closely 

 punctured, the scutellum and post-scutellum very closely 

 so; the latter produced into a conical tubercle, which is 

 flattened above. Abdomen strongly and evenly punctured, 

 but much more finely so than the thorax; beneath, the 

 insect is bright golden-green, with black spots at the basal 

 margins of the segments of the abdomen. 



Hab. — Shanghai, N. China. 



