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a spot on the pleurae, scutellum, metanotum, abdominal segments one 

 to four and the terminal segment reddish-yellow ; apical abdominal 

 segments velvety-black; the remainder of the body blue-black; legs 

 black; all the tibiae and tarsi reddish-yellow. Wings yellowish hyaline, 

 iridescent, costal area from the basal vein to the apex of the wing 

 much darker; venation black, costa and stigma reddish. 



Type locality : Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Two fe- 

 males collected by 'Mr. R. E. Turner, labeled "169 Hg." 

 Type : In the British Museum of Natural History. 

 Paratype: Cat. No. 13,359 U. S. N. M. 



EURYS Newman. 



The species of this genus may be separated by means of the 

 following table: 



Abdomen, pronotum and legs rufous ; small species 



inconspicua Kby. 

 Abdomen and thorax metallic i 



1. Color, bright green 2 



Color, dark olive green, or with a bronzy appearance 3 



2. Clypeus deeply notched ; malar space shorter than the pedicel- 



lum ; base of the femora black nitidus Kby. 



Clypeus nearly truncate ; malar space about the same length as 

 the pedicellum; femora entirely pale laetus (Westw.) 



3. With a strong reddish tint to the body ; no ocellar basin, but a 



line-like furrow from the anterior ocellus to the middle 

 fovea ; (antennae rather strongly clavate ; scutellum rough, 



the edges sharp, slightly reflexed) aeratus Newm. 



Without reddish tint ; ocellar basin present and a broad shallow 

 depression from the anterior ocellus to the middle 

 fovea decepta Roh. 



Eurys decepta, new species. 



Female. Length, 5 mm. Clypeus deeply notched ; malar space 

 shorter than the length of the pedicellum ; antennal and supra- 

 clypeal foveae confluent ; middle fovea very large and only slightly 

 separated from the ocellar basin; ocellar basin broad; a fovea behind 

 each lateral ocellus; antennae rather clavate, the third joint longer than 

 the fourth; head dullish, closely, finely punctured; dorsulum and scu- 

 tellum shining; venation normal except the first cubital cell is nar- 

 row and as long as the second ; claws simple. Head and thorax olive 

 green, with a bronzy tint, metallic ; the bronze color of the abdomen 

 is more marked than that of the thorax; ventral part of tergal seg- 



