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jj Thorax pale greenish, with a " fuscous longitudinal 

 line on the anterior dilated line ". ..37. 1 i n e a t u s 

 ii Species less than G nun. in length 



j Thorax reddish yellow, shining, with three dark 

 brown stripes ; metanotnm brown, scutellum yel- 

 low ; abdomen green (when dried sometimes 

 brownish) ; legs yellow ; tarsal articulations usually 

 darkened ; fore metatarsus but little longer than 



its tibia ; length 5 to 6 mm 38. albipennis 



jj Not as above ; thoracic stripes buff-colored 



k Thorax and abdomen green, the former with a 

 median black line, besides the usual buff-colored 

 stripes ; metanotum with a black spot ; length 



5 mm 39. t a e n i o n o t u s 



kk Thorax without the black median line 



I Species having the fore metatarsus more than 



1% times as long as its tibia 

 111 Yellow species (in dried specimens) 



n Deep yellow species, usually 3 to 4.5 mm. in 

 length ; fore metatarsus about 1.75 times 

 the length of its tibia ; female 



40. f u 1 v u s u. sp. 

 mi Pale yellow species with a striped thorax; 



abdomen having a greenish tinge in living 

 specimen ; length 2 to 2.5 mm. 



41. f 1 a v u s n. sp. 

 mm Abdomen green and usually thorax also 



n Fore tibia two thirds as long as its femora, 

 fore metatarsus nearly twice as long as the 

 tibia ; length 3.5 to 4.5 mm. 



42. b r e v i t i b i a 1 i s 

 nil Fore tibia more than two thirds as long as 



the femora 

 o Species 3.5 mm. or more in length 



p Male genitalia with the lateral arms 

 slender, and somewhat lanceolate ; 

 thorax with buff-colored stripes; its 

 ground color greenish yellow or yel- 

 low in the male ; green in the female 



43. modestus 



pp Genitalia of male with the lateral arms 

 much prolonged and clubbed at the 

 end, pl.32, fig.9 



43. Var. b. modestus 

 oo Species 3 mm. or less in length 



43. Var. a. modestus 



