Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852

(Figs 54 A–54F)

Chrysis pubescens Smith, 1852: 45 . Holotype [sex unknown]; India: Maharashtra: Bombay [= Mumbai] (NHMUK). Dalla Torre 1892: 86 (cat., India); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 452 (cat., India, comparata-scutellaris group).

Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) pubescens: Mocsáry 1889: 376 (descr., India Orientalis: Bombay); Bischoff 1913: 57 (cat., India).

Material examined. 1 ♂, Bihar, Dacca [= Dhaka], v.1938 (MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Karaikal, Nadungadu [= Nedungadu], 10.iv.1933 (MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Maharashtra, Bombay Presidency (Mumbai) 1910, leg. E. Comber (MNLU) ; 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Madras [= Chennai], Chetpat-Polur, 15.iv.1931, leg. P.S. Nathan (MNLU) ; 2 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Settipatti, 30.ix–10.x.1975, leg. W. Perraudin (MNLU) ; 1 ♀, idem, xi.1979 (MNLU); 2 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Omalur, Settipatti, 27.xii.1975, leg. W. Perraudin (MNLU) ; 1 ♀, idem, 6.i.1976 (MNLU); 1 ♀, idem, 26.iii.1976 (MNLU); 1 ♂, idem, 30.iii.1976 (MNLU); 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Omalur, Salem, iii.1978, leg. W. Perraudin (MNLU) .

Distribution. India (Bihar; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka (Kimsey & Bohart 1991).