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to the tips, piceous, the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax as in the 

 9 , except that the pubescence is more dense and entirely oehraceous 

 and somewhat sericeous ; scutellutn slightly depressed on the middle ; 

 metathorax shining and sparsely punctured. Wings as in the 9 . Legs 

 yellowish-testaceous, clothed with short pale oehraceous pubescence ; 

 the cox;ie, trochanters, femora, especially above, and a small spot on the 

 posterior tibiae exteriorly, fuscous; posterior tibia? short, subtriangular, 

 much dilated and compressed at tip within, with a prominent, obtuse, 

 compressed tubercle on the inner edge ; basal joint of the posterior 

 tarsi longer than their tibiae and slightly dilated at base. Abdomen 

 oblong-ovate, the apical margins of the second, third, fourth and fifth 

 segments above emerald-green, with a beautiful bright golden-yellow 

 reflection, the band on the fifth segment does pot extend to the lateral 

 margins; in one specimen the apical bands have a beautiful orange- 

 ferruginous or igneous reflection. Length 5^ — 6 lines; expanse of 

 wings 9 — 10 lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. One 9 , three $ specimens. 

 It gives me pleasure to dedicate this elegant species to my friend 

 Coleman T. Robinson, Esq.. of New York City. 



Fam. APLILE. 



Genus PANURGUS, Panz. 

 Panurgus ? parvus, n. sp. 



Dark green, shining; abdomen piceous, segments contracted at base; face 

 densely clothed with silvery -white pubescence; wings hyaline, iridescent. 



Female. — Dark green, shining; head very closely and minutely 

 punctured ; the face, clypeus and cheeks clothed with a dense, short, 

 silvery-white pubescence ; antennas as long as the head and thorax, 

 stout, piceous, the flagellum beneath rufo-testaceous. Thorax thinly 

 clothed with whitish pubescence, finely punctured, rather sparse on the 

 mesothorax, the disk of which is slightly depressed; at the basal middle 

 of the metathorax a semicircular depressed space, covered with fine 

 radiating striae ; tegulae rufo-testaceous. Wings hyaline, iridescent; 

 nervures fuscous. Legs piceous, thinly clothed with pale pubescence ; 

 tarsi paler. Abdomen oblong-ovate, subdepressed, piceous, smooth and 

 polished; second and third segments contracted at base; apical margins 

 of the segments subdepressed and paler; the apex and venter clothed 

 with pale pubescence. Length 2 lines; expanse of wings 3o lines. 



Male. — Resembles the 9 , but the antennae are longer and the abdo- 

 men narrower and not depressed. 



