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punctures, larger on the scutellum and metathorax ; most of the pro- 

 thorax and rnesothorax above smooth and polished, and strongly tinged 

 with blue and purple; metathorax convex, the posterior angles promi- 

 nent and subacute ; tegulse bronze-green. Wings subhyaline, the apical 

 half pale fuscous; nervures fuscous. Legs green, tarsi rufo-testaceous. 

 claws with two teeth between the base and apex. Abdomen ovate, 

 convex, smooth and polished, blue-green with a brilliant purplish re- 

 flection ; a deep, rounded excavation at extreme base ; apical segment 

 faintly subcompressed, very minutely punctured, finely pubescent, and 

 deeply and obtusely notched at tip ; venter deeply concave, brilliant 

 green, margined at base and on the sides with bronze. Length 2 1 

 lines; expanse of wings -U lines. 

 Two specimens. 



Genus HOLOPYGA. Dahlb. 

 Holopyga compacta. n. sp. 



Green, changing to blue: thorax deeply and coarsely punctured, abdomen 

 more finely and closely punctured, short and compact; wings fuliginous, sub- 

 hyaline at base. 



Brilliant green, slightly pubescent; head deeply and rather coarsely 

 punctured, interspersed with fine punctures, occiput deeply tinged with 

 bluish-purple; face concave, golden-green, transversely aciculate ; man- 

 dibles piceous, green at base; antennae black, opaque, basal joint green. 

 Thorax robust, broad and truncate behind, slightly narrowed and 

 rounded in front, slightly tinged with bluish in certain lights; pro- 

 and rnesothorax with rather dee}) and coarse punctures, interspersed 

 with fine punctures; pleura, scutellum and metathorax with large dis- 

 coidal punctures, much larger than those on the rnesothorax; posterior 

 angles of the metathorax somewhat flattened, rather prominent and 

 obtuse ; tegulae bronze-black. Wings fuliginous, subhyaline at base ; 

 nervures fuscous. Legs green, tinged with bluish behind, clothed with 

 white pubesceuce; tarsi blackish, claws pectinated, or with three or 

 four short teeth between the base and apex. Abdomen short, rather 

 broad, compact, quadrate, incurved, green, with a conspicuous deep 

 blue reflection, deeply and closely punctured, and interspersed with 

 fine punctures, the punctures on the apical segment coarse ; first seg- 

 ment short and very transverse, the extreme base abrupt, somewhat 

 concave, smooth and polished; second segment about twice as long as 

 rlie first, convex; third segment longer than the second, bent down- 

 wards, finely pubescent, broadly rounded at tip which is finely margined 

 and very faintly emargin ate in the middle; venter concave, piceous and 

 shining. Length 3f lines; expanse of wings 6 lines. 

 One specimen. 



