3. Chrysis sumptuosa. C. fortiter punctata, metallico-viridis auro lavata; thoracis disco, abdominis segmentis secundo et tertio basi purpureis; segmento apicali margine integro.
Length 3¼ lines. Golden-green; the thorax at the sides and posteriorly with bright coppery effulgence; an oblong purple spot on the disk of the thorax; the metathorax and its lateral teeth vivid green, the vertex and prothorax splashed with gold. Abdomen: the basal segment bright green, with a bright coppery or golden effulgence at the sides; the second segment purple at the base, coppery at the apex, and with a suffusion of green between these tints; the third segment is similarly coloured, with the apical margin entire; the insect closely and strongly punctured throughout.
Hab. Celebes.
Description of a new Genus of Crustacea, of the Family Pinnotheridæ; in which the fifth pair of legs are reduced to an almost imperceptible rudiment. By Thomas Bell, Esq., Pres. L. S.
[Read June 3rd, 1858.]
Fam. PINNOTHERIDÆ, Edwards.
Genus Amorphopus, Bell.
Char. Gen.:—Corpus subcylindricum. Testa semicircularis, margine posteriore recto.—Antennæ externæ minimæ, articulo basali orbitam subtus partim claudente.—Antennularum fossulæ transversæ, continuæ, et ab orbitis haud separatæ.—Pedipalpi externi articulo quarto ovato, palpo tri-articulato, ad angulum antico-interiorem articuli quarti inserto.—Oris apertura antice arcuata.—Orbitæ apertæ, margine inferiore carente, superiore integro.—Oculi transversim positi.—Pedes antici robusti, inæquales; pedum paria secundum, tertium et quartum longa, subcompressa; par quintum exiguum, simplicissimum, rudimentarium, in incisura articuli basalis paris quarti insertum.—Abdomen MARIS segmentis tertio cum quarto, et quinto cum sexto coalitis; Fœminæ?
Sp. unica. Amorphopus cylindraceus, mihi.