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tipped with black. In the male, the hind femora ixxG frinr/ed with long pale 

 hairs ; the/ore tarsus is not much longer than the tibia, the three inter- 

 mediate joints clothed in front with very short erect pubescence, and the 

 first joint has a ])ristle at the tip. 

 Common. (E. S. I.) 



34. festivus, Hal. z. j. v. 361. 10 {\'i'i\).—Macquarti, Slg.—cili- 

 femoratus, Ztt. — f^ar. Mq. ; Stn. Aureo-viridis, hypostomate candido, 

 antennis luteis supra apiceque fuscis, pedibus Jlavis, tibiis posticis apice 

 fuscls, iarsis nigris, metatarsls anteriorihus Jlavis, alls vena subapicali 

 obtuse (jeniculata ; Mas.femoribus posticis jnillido-ciUatis, tarsorum anti- 

 corum articulls intcrmediis hirtis subarcuatis, alis lineola costali 7iiijra. 

 Long. 3|^ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Gilded-green. Front bluish-green. Pace silvery-white in male, 

 more dull in female. Antennae tawny yellow, a little dusky on the 

 upper edge, the third joint short, triangular, rather obtuse, and dusky 

 at the tip ; arista rather long, the penultimate joint not more than one- 

 fourth (while in those preceding it is fully half ) the length, of the last 

 joint. TFings broad, smoky-hyaline ; the bend of the subapical vein 

 strong, but still obtuse-angled ; the black costal swelling hi the male 

 short. Legs yellow ; fore coxre yellow, not quite denuded in the male ; 

 hind tibia brown at the tip, with a slight pale streak in the male; tarsi 

 black, anterior metatarsi ydlow tipped with black. In the male the 

 hind femora are fringed with long pale hairs ; the fore tarsi are not 

 half as long again as the tibia, the three intermediate joints are a little 

 curved, concave in front, and clothed willi long erect pubescence, and 

 the first and second have besides a curved bristle at the tip. 



Not uncommon. (E. S. T.) 



Ohs. B. cilifemoratus, Mq. ; Stg. — nitidm, Stn., has the bend 

 of the sabapical vein rectangular without a branch, the antennas 

 blackish only at the tip, the third joint longer than in D. festivus, 

 and the fore tarsus of the male not bearded. 



35. nitidus, Fin. dol. 12. 9 (1823); Ztt.— orwr/Z/w, Mg. ; Stn.; 

 Stg. — jucundus, Hal. Aureo-viridis, hypostomate candido, antennis 

 luteis supra apiceque nigris, pedibus Jlavis, tibiis posticis apice tarslsque 

 fuscis, his basi pallidis, alis vena subapicali reclangulatim fracta appen- 

 diculata ; Mas. alis lineola costali nigra. Long. %\ ; alar. 4-| lin. 



Gilded-green; front often bluish-green. Face white, silvery in male. 

 Antenna taiony yelloio, the upper edge and the tip blackish ; third joint 

 short triangular. Wings broad, hyaline, darker in female ; the bend 

 of the subapical vein rectangular, with a little branch ; in the male a 

 black costal swelling. Black edge of lamella; broad, denticulated, the 

 cilia long. Legs and fore coxje yellotc, tibiae and tarsi paler ; anterior 

 tarsi dusky at the tip ; hind tibia with a blackish spot at the tip ; hind 

 tarsi black, t/ie metatarsus pule tipped with black. — Very rarely, the 

 female has black antenna), only the lower edge of the first joint a little 



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