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PLATE VII. 



CHRYSIS IGNITA. 



Hymenoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



The abdomen hath three annulations exclufive of the anus, the 

 antennae hath twelve articulations, exclufive of the firft joint which is 

 longer than the reft. The body Ihines like polifhed metal. A kind 

 of collar is very diftincl in this genus. The anus is dentated, having 

 one, two, or more teeth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



The antennae are black, the thorax a fine mazarine blue, having in 

 fome pofitions a greeniih caft, the abdomen a fine gold colour with 

 fhades of crimfon and yellow green j the anus hatn four teeth or 

 denticulations. — Harris Inf. 



Exotic Infects, or at leaft: thofe of the Eaft, and Weft Indies, fcyr 

 the effulgence, and beauty, of their colouring in general, claim a 

 fuperiority over the natives of this climate ; but the appearance of this 

 Chryfis |jcfore the fpeculum of an opake microfcope, may vie vv^ith 

 many of the moft favourite foreigners hitherto difcovered : the richnefs 



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