of the Hijmenopterous genera Cleptes, S^c. 4G5 



SHlbum sexdentatum, Guer. Rev. Zool. p. 145 (184-?) 

 Clwysis nobilis, Klug, Symb. Phjs. Dec. v. Tab. xlv. 

 Fig. 2 ; Dahlb. Hym. Eur. ii. 347.' 

 ri/ria S7naragdicla, BvuWe, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. iv. 19 



(nee St. Farg.). 



Hab.—Egji^t; Gambia; Mozambique; Senegal; Al- 

 geria. 



3. Pyria plurimacula. 

 Pyria plurimacula, Brulle, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. (St. 



Farg.) iv. 22. 

 Hah. — Madagascar. 



4. Pyria oculata. 

 Chrysis oculata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 357 ; Ent. Syst. 



ii. p. 23y; Dalilb. Hym. Em-, ii. 



p. 310. 

 Pyria oculata, Brulle, Hist. Nat. des Ins. Hym. iv. p. 19. 

 Hab. — India. 



5. Pyria violacea* 



Length 5^ lines. Bright \'iolet, with more or less of 

 shades of green or purple. The head and thorax Avith 

 strong, coarse, confluent punctures; the abdomen with 

 strong punctures, those at the base strongest and most dense ; 

 the post-scutellum produced into a stout projecting conical 

 spine, the spine coarsely punctured and having a central 

 longitudinal smooth carina ; the margin of the apical 

 segment of the abdomen with four teeth and also a 

 tooth on its lateral margins. Beneath, the insect is usually 

 bright green ; the legs usually green beneath and blue 

 above, or entirely green; wings fusco-hy aline, the nervures 

 black. 



Var. The head more or less green. 



Hab. — Australia ; Swan River, &c. 



6. Pyria Proteus.* 



Length 4^—5^ lines. Blue, green, or a mixture of 

 those colours" Strongly punctured ; the punctures on the 

 sides of the pro- and meso-thorax more or less confluent ; 

 the scutellum more strongly punctured ; the ])ost-scuteUum 

 produced into a conical projecting tubercle, Avliich is coarsely 

 punctured and has a central longitudinal smooth carma : 



