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viridi tinctis, pedibus ferrugineis, abdomine nigro, basi pallido fasciata, 

 segmento secundo ad apicem fascia bilobata ornato. 



Female. Length 4 J lines. The head and thorax of a metallic purple 

 tint with shades of green and copper ; the scape of the antennae, the 

 mandibles, palpi, and legs ferruginous ; the head and thorax closely 

 and strongly punctured. The abdomen velvety black; the base 

 truncate, the truncation smooth and shining j its margin carinate ; the 

 upper surface of the basal segment yellowish-white, a broad bilobed 

 fascia of the same colour at the apical margin of the second segment ; 

 the apex ferruginous. Male. The head and thorax metallic green, 

 strongly and closely punctured ; abdomen black and shining, much 

 more finely punctured than the thorax ; wings light brown, with their 

 base and extreme apex hyaline ; the legs ferruginous. 



Hai. Aru. 



4. MuTiLLA NIGRA. M. nigra et punctata, abdomine laevi et nitido, 

 delicatule punctato, alis fuscis, basi hyalinis. 



Male. Length 6^ lines. Black ; head and thorax closely and strongly 

 punctured; the eyes slightly notched; the face with silvery-white 

 pubescence, the mandibles shining, the palpi black. Thorax : the 

 metathorax densely clothed with yellowish-white pubescence ; the 

 legs with glittering white hairs, the calcaria white ; wings brown with 

 their base hyaline. Abdomen smooth and shining, delicately and 

 sparingly punctured, with a few silvery hairs at the sides. 



Hab. Aru. 



5. MuTiLLA ExiLis. ilf. nigra ct punctata ; abdomine laevigato, nitido ; 

 alis subhyalinis ; facie et metathorace pube argentata vestitis. 



Male. Length 6^ lines. Black ; head and thorax strongly punctured ; 

 the eyes emarginate, the face with glittering silvery-white pubescence, 

 the cheek thinly sprinkled with silvery hairs ; the palpi testaceous. 

 Thorax : the metathorax densely clothed with silvery pubescence, 

 beneath, at the sides, and also the legs with scattered silvery hairs, the 

 calcaria white ; the tegulse shining ; the wings subhyaline with the 

 nervures dark fuscous. Abdomen shining black, smooth, and very 

 delicately and sparingly punctured, the apical margins of the segments 

 very thinly fringed with glittering silvery hairs, 



Hab. Aru. 



Tribe POSSOEES, Latr. 



Earn. SCOLIAD^, Leach. 



Gen. Mtzine. 



1. Myzine tenutcornis. M. nigra, ahs hyalinis, abdomine nitido 

 flavoque variegato. 



Male. Length 7 hues. Black ; the head and thorax very closely punc- 

 tured, thinly clothed with griseous pubescence, that on the face, thorax 



