iq 2 ORDER V. . Chryfis. 



GeofFroy has placed them among the Vefpse, 

 as Linnasus had done in the tenth edition of his 

 Syftem : he has, however, formed them into a 

 feparate family, under the title of Golden JVafps. 

 They differ chiefly from that genus in the pofi- 

 tion of their wings, which are not folded, and in 

 the fpines fituate on each extremity of the tho- 

 rax, in moft fpecies of the Chryfis. 



SchsefFer has adopted Linnseus's method in 

 preference to that of GeofFroy, adding to the 

 chara&ers of that author, that the antennae are 

 bent and cylindrical ; that the tarfus of each foot 

 is compofed of five articulations ; that the four 

 wings are all equally tranfparent, and have very 

 few nerves or membranes ; and that the abdo- 

 men is oval, and of equal fize with the thorax. 



The Chryfis lives chiefly in the holes of old 

 walls, where they likewife lay their eggs : their 

 larv^ refemble that of the Wafp. 



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