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hairs ; shanks beset with black bristles ; wings gray, brown 

 beneath the fore border, and along the borders of the veins ; wing- 

 ribs and veins black ; poisers tawny with pitchy knobs. Length 

 of the body one and one-fourth line ; of the wings three lines. 

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Page 214. Dolichopus ineptus FEM. 



JEneus, vertice purpureo, abdominis lateribus albo maculatis, 

 apice viridi, antennis pedibusque fulvis, tarsis subpiceis, alls 

 cinereis fusco vittatis. 



Brassy, beset with black bristles, adorned beneath with a 

 whitish covering ; crown purple ; eyes red ; feelers tawny, sixth 

 joint black, feathered with moderately long hairs ; abdomen 

 obconical, longer than the chest, green at the tip ; a white spot 

 on each side of every segment ; legs dark-tawny, clothed with 

 very short black hairs ; shanks beset with black bristles ; feet 

 almost pitchy ; wings gray, tinged with brown along the third 

 and fourth longitudinal veins ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins black ; 

 poisers tawny, with ferruginous knobs. Length of the body one 

 and one-fourth line ; of the wings three lines. 



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Page 214. Dolichopus maculipes FEM. 



Aeneo-viridis purpureo varius, antennis fulvis apice piceis, 

 pedibus fulvis, tibiis nigro maculatis, tarsis piceis, alis cinereis 

 costa nervorumque marginibus fuscis. 



Brassy-green, beset with black bristles, adorned beneath with 

 a whitish covering ; crown adorned with blue and purple ; eyes 

 red ; feelers tawny ; third joint pitchy ; sixth black, feathered 

 with moderately long hairs ; disk of the chest partly purple ; 

 abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest, clothed with ' 

 short black hairs ; legs tawny, clothed with very short black 

 hairs ; shanks beset with black bristles ; feet almost pitchy ; a 

 black spot on the tip of each thigh ; five or six black spots on 

 each shank, these spots are most distinct on the hind legs ; wings 

 gray, brown beneath the fore border and along the borders of the 

 veins ; wing-ribs and poisers tawny ; veins black. Length of the 

 body one and one-half line ; of the wings three and one-half 

 lines. 



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