APPENDIX. 307 



Page 649. Psilojms i illicit us, n. s. 



Yiridis, capite purpureo, abclomine purpureo,* abdomine pur- 

 pureo-cyaueo, fasciis nigris, auteunis pedibusque nigris, alis sub- 

 cinereis fusco bifasciatis. 



Head and chest beset with black bristles ; head purple, fringed 

 about the mouth with hoary hairs ; eyes red ; mouth and feelers 

 black ; bristle a little longer than the chest ; chest green ; sides 

 and breast covered with whitish down ; abdomen deep purplish- 

 blue ; sutures of the segments black ; legs black, clothed with 

 black hairs and bristles ; wings slightly gray, adorned with two 

 brown bands, which are united on the fore border, but do not 

 reach the hind border; wing-ribs and veins black; poisers pitchy, 

 with tawny knobs. Length of the body 2J? lines, of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



Page 650. Psilopus nigrofemoratus, MSS. 



Cyaneo-, aut aureo-viridis, antennis nigris, capite duplo longi- 

 oribus, pedibus nigris tibiis fulvis, alis limpidis. 



Head and chest bright bluish-green, armed with black bristles ; 

 head covered in front with white down, clothed beneath with white 

 hairs ; eyes red ; mouth tawny ; feelers black, about twice the length 

 of the head ; breast and under side of the abdomen covered with 

 white bloom ; abdomen golden-green, blue at the base, coppery at 

 the tip ; legs black, beset with a few black bristles ; shanks tawny, 

 with black tips ; wings colorless ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins black ; 

 poisers vellow. Length of the body 1^ line, of the wings 2^ lines. 



Tar. 3. Chest golden-green, bluish-green behind ; abdomen 

 coppery-green ; tips of the thighs and the whole of the shanks 

 tawny. 



Var. y. Abdomen bright green or bluish-green ; a bronze band 

 on the fore border of each segment. 



a. North America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Page 651. Psilopug allbicoxa Mas. et Fern. 

 Cyaneo-, aut cupreo-viridis, antennis nigris, capite duplo longi- 

 oribus, pedibus flavis, tarsis posticis nigris, alis subcinereis. 



Head and chest armed with black bristles ; head bluish-green, 



* Evidently a misprint in the original. 



