Chrysis principalis Smith, 1874

(Figs 53 A–53E)

Chrysis principalis Smith, 1874: 461 . Holotype ♀; China: Shanghai (HECO). du Buysson 1896b: 477 (key), 478 (cat., Maha- rashtra: Bombay: Poona [= Pune]); Bingham 1903: 440 (key), 490–491 (descr., the Himalayas, Bengal; Poona), 491 (comp. notes); Jonathan et al. 1977: 87 (India); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 450 (cat., North India, smaragdula group).

Chrysis (Hexachrysis) principalis: Mocsáry 1889: 559–560 (descr., Himalayas, Bengal); Bischoff 1910: 490 (cat., Darjeeling); Roy & Kundu 1985: 228 (Arunachal Pradesh: Namdhapa [= Namdapha]).

Material examined. 2 ♀, Meghalaya, Khasia Hills, wihtout further data (ETHZ) .

Distribution. India (Himalayas; Meghalaya; Maharashtra; Bengal (locality not specified)). China, Myanmar, and Malayan subregion (Jonathan et al. 1977); Korea (Kimsey & Bohart 1991).