Chryfis. HYMENOPTERA* i 9I 



Genus VI. Chrysis. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. page 947. 



The mouth of the Chryfis is armed with 

 jaws, but has no probofcis. 



The antennas are filiform : the firft arti- 

 culation is long in proportion to the exte- 

 rior ones, which are eleven in number. 



The abdomen is elevated in the middle, 

 like an arch {fornkatum) with a kind of la- 

 teral fcale on the under fide. 



The anus is dentated, or terminated by 

 teeth or fpines, and likevvife armed with a 

 fting, which projects a little. 



The wings are extended, not folded, as 

 nn the Vefpa. 



The body is of a (hining colour, and ap- 

 pears as if gilt. 



Scopoli, as before obferved, has arranged the 

 Chryfis among his Spheges. 



Geoffrgy 



