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Div. 4. The apical segment of the abdomen toith 6 teeth. 

 13. Chrgsis principalis * 

 Female —Length 6^ lines. Head and thorax green; 

 abdomen violet, with the apical margins of the seo-ments 

 narrmyly bright green. The face golden-green ; the three 

 basal joints of the antennre blue, with the first joint green 

 m front; the rest of the antennje black; an ovate^blue 

 spot on the vertex inclosing tlie ocelli. Thorax: a trans- 

 verse blue line on the prothorax; the scutellum, teguljB 

 and disk of the mesothorax occasionally more or less blue; 

 the anterior wings fusco-hyaline. The body beneath, and 

 the legs also beneath, bright golden-green, the latter blue 

 above; the tarsi black. The head and thorax with deep, 

 close, coarse punctures; the abdomen finely and closely 

 punctured; some large, deep punctures at its extreme base, 

 and a row of similar punctures along the apical margin of 

 the basal segment. 



Hab. — Shanghai, N. China. 



This species has the thorax sometimes green, with only 

 a faint blue transverse line on the prothorax, which is 

 slightly narrowed anteriorly and has the lateral angles 

 acute. 



14. Chysis gemmatus. 



Female. — Length 5 lines. Green, with black markings 

 on the head and thorax ; the second segment of the abdo- 

 men with a bright-golden ocellate spot on the second seg- 

 ment, towards the apical margin laterally ; beneath, bright 

 green, with golden tints ; the face golden-green. A black 

 spot on the vertex inclosing the ocelli, an ovate one in the 

 middle of the prothorax, and an oblong one on each side 

 of it; the central divisions of the mesothorax, and the scu- 

 tellum, more or less black; the apical segment of the 

 abdomen blue. The head and thorax coarsely and closely 

 punctured, the scutellum most sti-ongly so ; the abdomen 

 more finely punctured and with a few large punctures at 

 its extreme base. Wings fuscous, the posterior pair 

 palest. 



Hab. — Australia. 



15. Chrgsis agilis.* 

 Female.— Length 4 lines. Dark blue ; the face, body 

 beneath and the legs more or less green. Strongly punc- 

 tured ; the punctures very close on the head and thorax ; 



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