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Bra.mj-(jreen. Front bluish. Antennaj of the male rather shorter 

 than the thorax, arista half as long as the third joint. Second and 

 third segments of the abdomen often yellow at the sides, as well as 

 beneath. Femora and tibise, fore coxae, anterior metatarsi, and base of 

 the hind pair, yellow. Hind legs stouter in the male, with the tibia? 

 and the tip of the femora more spiny, the metatarsus hairy in front 

 and armed at the base beneath with a hoolxed tooth, divided at the tip into 

 two points ; the femora usually blackish at the tip, sometimes the tibiae 

 also, this colour again extending more largely over them, and occupying 

 the entire tarsus ; and as it spreads the pubescence and spines of the 

 hind legs also become more abundant. 



Geuerallj diffused and abundant. (E. S. I.) 



3L. moniley (Hal. MSS.) Viridi-cenemn, f route cyanea, pedibus 

 flavis, tarsis intermediis apice dilatatis, metatarso postico basi subtus deute 

 adunco setis append iculato, Mas. Long. 1^- ; alar. 2\ lin. 



Brassy -(jreen. Front bluish. Antennfe half as long as the thorax ; 

 arista nearly as long as the antennae. Wings narrowed towards the 

 base. Abdomen with the second segment usually yellowish beneath 

 and at the sides. Legs and fore coxse yellow ; tarsi and hind femora 

 dusky at the tip ; fore metatarsus slightly dUated at the tip, last two 

 joints of the middle tarsi dilated ; hind metatarsus armed at the base 

 beneath with a sharp hooked tooth, frinyed icith some short carved bristles. 



Rare. (E.I.) 



22. pumilum, Mg. zw. iv. 53. 17 (1824); Mq. ; Ual—lonyiseta, 

 Ztt. ; Lw. Obscure ceneum, fronte cyanea, pedibus flavis, femoribus 

 anticis basi fuscis ; Mas. femoribus anterioribus basi setigeris, tarsi 

 antici articido secundo dilatato. Long. 1-- ; alar. 24- lin. 



Dark brassy -fjreen. Front blue. Antenna) of the male shorter than 

 the thorax, the third joint notched inside only, arista more than half as 

 long as the antenna}. Wings of the male narrowed tov/ards the base. 

 Frhige of the aluhie dusky. Femora, tibia;, and anterior metatarsi, 

 with the base of the hind pair, yellowish ; fore femora dusky at the 

 base. In the male the anterior femora have a few lony bristles at the 

 base beneath, the hind pair are a little dusky at the tip, tlie first joint 

 of the fore tarsus is longer than all the rest, the second dilated into a 

 tooth below, and the first joint of the middle tarsi has a few short 

 spines beneath. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



23. tarsatum, Fin. dol. 7.4(1823); Zii.—palmipes,\lg.; Mq. 

 Obscure (enemn, fronte cyanea, abdomine subtus coxis pedibusque flavis ; 

 Mas. tarsis intermediis tibiisque posticis apice dilatatis atris, metatarso 

 postico subtus spinis duabus iinparibus. Long. 1-i ; alar. 3 lin. 



Dull brassy. Front usually fdnish. Antennae of the male a little 

 shorter than the thorax, the third joint oblong, with the tip oljli([uely 

 truncated and pointed above, the arista inserted before the tip and 



