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TUBULIFERA. 
Family Chrysidide. 
Genus STILBUM, Spinola. 
Stilbum cyanurum, Forst., var. splendidum, Fabr. 
Chrysis splendida, Fabr. Syst. Ent. (1775) p. 357. 
Chrysis spinole, Montrouzier, Ann. Soc. Linn, Lyon, (2) xi. (1864) 
p. 249. 
Stilbum variolatum, Costa, Ann. Mus. Zool. Napoli, ii. (1864) p. 67. 
Stilbum splendidum, Rits. Tijdschr. v. Ent. xvii. (1874) p. 181; Mocs, 
Monogr. Chrys. (1889) p. 193. 
One male, six females, Pretoria (Distant); Transvaal, 
Natal border (A. Ross) ; Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Zen- 
dall). 
The male is very dark, almost typical cyanurum. 
Chrysis lyncea, Fabr. 
Chrysis lincea, Faby. Syst. Ent. (1775) p. 357. 
Pyria armata, Lepel. Encycl. Méth., Ins. x. (1825) p. 495. 
Chrysis lyncea, Dahlb. Ckfvers. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Forh. vii. (1850) 
. 141, 
Cae (Hexachrysis) lyncea, Mocs. Monogr. Chrys. (1889) p. 582. 
Nine males and twelve females, Pretoria (Distant) ; Bar- 
berton and Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall). 
A variable species. Two specimens—one from Barberton 
and one from Nyasaland—are of a beautiful bright golden- 
bronze. 
Chrysts modica, Dahlb. 
Chrysis mediocris, Dahlb. Despos. Méth., Hym. ii. (1845) p. 14 (nec 
Dahlb. Hym. Eur. ii. 1854, p. 162). 
Chrysis modica, Dahlb. Cifvers. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Forh, vii. (1850) 
p. 140. 
Chrysis (Hexachrysis) modica, Mocs. Monogr, Chrys. (1889) p. 556. 
One male and one female, Pretoria (Distant) ; Fort John- 
ston, Nyasaland (Lendall). 
Chrysis stilboides, Spin. 
Chrysis (Pyria) stilboides, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr, vii. (1838) p. 446. 
Stilbum seadentatum, Guér. Rev. Zool. (1842) p. 145. 
Chrysts nobilis, Klug, Symb. Phys. pt. 5 (1845), Ins. pl. xlv. fig. 2; 
Dahlb. Hym. Eur. ii. (1854) p. 347. 
Pyria stilboides, Gerst. Pet. Reise n. Mossamb., Zool. v. (1862) p. 519. 
Chrysis (Hexachrysis) stilboides, Mocs. Monogr. Chrys. (1889) p. 590. 
Two females and one male, Pretoria (Distant) ; Transvaal, 
Natal border (Ross). 
