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PLATE 



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 fhines like polifhed metal. A kind 

 of cul'ar is very diftinct 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 poiitions a greenilh cail, the abdomen a fine gold colour with 

 fhades of crimfon and yellow green; the anus hath four teeth or 

 denticuiations. — Harris Inf. 



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

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

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

 Chryfis before the ipeculum of an opake microfcope, may vie with 

 many of the mofc favourite foreigners hitherto difcovered: the richnefs 



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