476 



1st abdominal segment more sparsely, 2nd and 3rd abdominal 

 segments very closely punctured, the intervals between the punc- 

 tures on the thorax and the 1st abdominal segment studded with 

 minute punctures, the punctures on the head and postscutellum 

 reticulate, on the apical two segments of the abdomen somewhat 

 shallow ; facial cavity minutely and very densely punctured with 

 sparse silvery pubescence partially biding the sculpture ; pilosity 

 dark brown, abundant, short. Head broader than front of pro- 

 notum, clypeus slightly raised and rounded anteriorly; facial cavity 

 not deep, margined above by an arched carina, bent upwards at 

 the lateral angles ; antennae rather thick, the 2nd joint of the 

 flagellum longer than the 1st or 3rd ; front and vertex convex, 

 occiput transverse. Thorax : the pronotum transversely rectangular 

 and convex, the sides parallel, lightly impressed in the middle 

 above ; propleur excavate ; mesonotum and scutellum gently 

 convex ; mesopleurae very rugose, foveate, the apex excavate ; 

 postscutellum large and prominent, convex, broadly rounded 

 medially, subtruncate posteriorly; the posterior lateral angles of the 

 median segment moderately produced, broad ; wings hyaline, the 

 radial cell of fore wing almost complete, shaded with brownish, 

 nervures brown, tegulaj purplish blue. Abdomen long and 

 narrow, the base transverse with a medial and two lateral slight 

 impressions, sides of the basal two segments parallel, of the 3rd 

 segment somewhat convergent posteriorly, 2nd segment medially 

 longitudinally tarinate ; 3rd segment transversely incrassate in 

 front of the anteapical series, the foveae in this latter of moderate 

 size, numerous and deep, apical margin couvexly arched, with 4 

 subequal triangular teeth. 



c? . Similar, scarcely smaller, a little narrower. 



Length, $ <$ 6-6'5 ; exp. 11-12 mm. 



Hah. Recorded so far within our limits only from Sikhim, 

 Eungaroon, 7000 ft. (Binyham). Extends sparingly throughout 

 Europe, Syria, and Siberia. 



557. Chrysis ionophris, Mocsdni (Tetrachrvsis). Termesz. Fiizetek, xv 

 (1892), p. 226. 



$ . Metallic green ; the region of the ocelli, two spots one on 

 each side of the middle of the pronotum, the median area and a 

 broad stripe above the tegulae on the mesonotum, the pro- and 

 mesopleune beneath, the base and middle of the 2nd broadly, and 

 the base and apical portion of the 3rd abdominal segment purplish 

 blue, turning to black on the median area of the mesonotum ; 

 antennae dusky black, the scape of the antennae in front and the 

 basal two joints of the flagellum above bluish green. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen closely punctured, the punctures coarser on 

 the thorax posteriorly, fine and very shallow in the middle of 

 the abdomen above ; pilosity somewhat dense and short on the 

 head and thorax, long beneath the former ; sparse, almost entirely 



