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NEUROPTERA. 
reticulated also with delicate brownish nerves, its general colour a fine yellow, elegantly 
barred with transverse streaks of brown ; it is from the coast of Coromandel.” 
The natural history of the Myrmeleon-larva is curious, and has been traced in 
some of the European kinds by Reaumur, Roesel, and others, particularly in the M. 
Formica-Leo of Geoffroy; this creature, among other peculiarities, is furnished in the 
front with a large pair of forceps, with which it takes its prey. It forms circular 
cavities in the sand, and concealing itself in the centre with only the forceps above 
the surface, catches the weaker or unwary insects that come within the verge of 
its cell. 
Order. HYMENOPTERA, Linnaiis. 
CHRYSIS IMPERIALIS. 
Plate LVI. fig. 1. 
Section. Tubulifera, Latreille. 
Family. Chrysididje, Leach. 
Genus. Chrysis, Linnceus. 
Species. Chrysis Imperialis : “ thorace viridi, fascia cyanea; abdomine antice cyaneo viola- 
ceoque fasciato, medio aureo, postice rubro, quadri-dentato.” — Donovan. Long. 
Corp. J- unc. 
Chrysis : with the thorax green, with a blue band ; anterior part of the abdomen 
blue fasciated with violet, golden in the middle, posterior end red, with four teeth. 
Length of the body, J- of an inch. 
Syn. Chrysis fasciata, Donovan , Is# edit, nec Chrysis fasciata, Fair. Syst. Piez. p. 175. 
“ This charming insect is from Tranquebar, where we have every reason to believe 
it to be uncommonly rare. The species does not appear to be described by any 
author, the only specimen we are acquainted with, is in the cabinet of the Right Hon. 
Sir J. Banks, Bart.” — Donovan. 
This species must not be confounded with the Chrysis fasciata of Fabricius, a 
