162 DOLlCHOPlUiE. 



TFinys broionish ; darker along the fore edge, and simiated at the hind 

 edge in the male. Black edge of the lamellai rather narrow, deeply 

 jagged at the tip. Legs and fore coxpe yellow ; fore coxte with a 

 whitish gloss in the male : femora, especially the hind pair, dusky 

 above towards the tip ; hi7id tibice black, dusky towards the base and 

 paler there ; hind tarsi black, the first two joints of the others yellow. 

 In the male the last joint of the middle tarsi is ichite, the preceding 

 joint deep black, and the hind femora bear tivo, rarely three spines. 

 Not common. (E, S. I.) 



16. plumipes, Spl. earn. 895 (1763). — pennitarsis, Pin.; Mg. ; 

 Mq. ; Stn. ; Hal. ; Stg. ; Ztt. — Var. JFahlbergi, Ztt. jEneo-viridis, 

 antennis luteis, articulo ultimo apice nigro, pedibus Jtavis, tibiis posticis 

 apice tnrsisque nigris, metatarso antico flavido ; Mas. metatarso inter- 

 medio atro-pennato, alls postice emarginatis, hypostoniate flavo ; Fa^iu. hy- 

 postomate albido. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Brassy or gilded green. Face golden-yeZ/oM? in male, yellowish-^i;/'/fc 

 in female. Antennae tawny yellow, the upper edge and tip of the third 

 joint blackish. Wings hyaline; the costal swelling a mere dot, and the 

 hind edge sinuated in the male. Black edge of the lamellce narrow, 

 somewhat jagged at the tip. Legs and fore coxse yellow ; tarsi and 

 tip of hind tibia black ; fore metatarsus yellowish. In the male the 

 middle pair have the tibite long and slender, with a denuded streak 

 down the outer edge, which is sometimes dusky ; the metatarsus long, 

 and feathered on each side with black bristles. Varies, more rarely, 

 with the hind tibiae immaculate, and the hind metatarsus pale tipped 

 with brown. 



Common and generally diffused, (E. S. I.) 



17. pennatus, Mg. zw. iv. 90.28(1824); Mq.; Stn.; Hal.; Ztt. 

 — signatus, 'Mg. ; Mq. ; Stg. — popularis var., !Fln. jFneo-viridis, an- 

 tennis basi subius luteis, pedibus flavis, tarsis nigris, metatarsis anteriori- 

 bus flavis ; Mas. tarsis intermediis articidis secundo et tertio dilatatis 

 atris, quarto et cpiinto albo-micantibus, tibiis posticis incrassatis, alis 

 postice emarginatis, hypostovtateflavo ; Fcem. hypostomate albido. Long. 

 2i ; alar. 4^ lin. 



Brassy-green. Face golden-ye//o?p in male, yellowish-?<7/^«Ye in female. 

 AntennrB black, flrst joint taicny yelloic, tcith the upper edge black. 

 Wings obscure hyaline, with the liind edge sinuated in the male. Black 

 edge of lamellae narrow, deeply jagged at the tip. Legs and fore coxae 

 yellow ; tarsi black, aiiterior metatarsi yellow. In the male the first 

 joint of the middle ^^arsi is as long as the four following together; 

 these are compressed, the second and third joints dilated, and slightly 

 feathered, deej} black, the fourth and fifth glossed toitk white in front ; 

 the hind tibice are thick, and have a denuded space behind, with an 

 impression above the middle. 



Pretty common and generally diffused. (E. 8. I.) 



