fHE GOLDEN VLf. 
Sa* 
Genus VI. — Chryjis. The Golden Flju 
JL HIS tribe, like fome of the preceding, lias no probol'cis, 
but a mouth furnifhed with jaws : The antennas are fili- 
form and beaded, confiding of feveral articulations, of 
which the firft is the longed ; the abdomen is arched 
underneath with a fcale on each fide ; the anus is dent- 
ated, and armed with a projecting ding ; the body j s 
covered above by the wings, through which it Iltines as 
if gilded *. 
Among this family the ignita, or flaming chryfls, 
ftands didinguifhed by its refplendent colours. The fore 
part of the head is green and gold, and the hind part of 
a beautiful azure ; the thorax is likewife azure, with a 
mixture of green: The abdomen is green and yellow be- 
fore, and behind of a copper red, refembiing that metal 
when highly polifhedf. 
* Sjrft. Nat, Ord. V. Gen. 6 . 
| Barbnt, p. 
