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seneo-viridi apice purpiu'eo ; I'cem. capite albo-bimaculato, abdomine 

 cyaneo-purpureo basi ciipreo. Long. 4-4^ ; alar. 8-9 lin. 



Body bi'iglit green, tinged here and there with cnpreous, clothed 

 with pale tawny hairs. Head clothed in front with black hairs. Pro- 

 boscis tawny. Antenna) black. "Wings pale grey ; stigma dark brown ; 

 beneath it a large irregular hroicn spot extends half across the ichuj ; 

 veins black. Ilalteres tawny. Legs black ; tips of the femora, tibia, 

 and hinder tarsi at the hose taicny. Male. Head with a dull tawny 

 spot on each side between the eyes above the antenna). Abdomen 

 a;neous-green, bright cupreous towards the tip, which is purple. Tern. 

 Head with a white spot on each side. Abdomen bluish-purple, cu- 

 preous towards the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. nubeculosus, Ztt. d. s. i. 157. 2 (1842). Cupreo-viridis, an- 

 tennis nigris, alis subcinereis fusco-semifasciatis, abdomine cupreo-pur- 

 pureo lateribus cyaueo-purpureo, pedibus nigris, genubiis fulvis. Long. 

 2|- ; alar. 5i lin. 



Bright green with a cupreous tinge here and there, clothed with pale 

 tawny hairs. Eyes green, with purple bands. Proboscis tawny. An- 

 tennae black. JFings pale greij ; stigma dark brown, beneath it a large 

 irregular broion spot extends half across the wing ; veins black. Halteres 

 yellow. Abdomen cupreous-black, bluish-purple along each side. Legs 

 black ; knees dark tawny. 



Generally distributed. Perhaps a variety of S. cup-arius. (E. I.) 



3. iridatus, Spl. i. c. 340. 914 (1763). — cuprarins, L. (in Linn. 

 Coll.). — infuscatiis, Hms. ; Mg. zw. iii. 107.3; Ztt. — auratus,^lg. 

 Cyaneo-viridis, capite albo-bimaculato, antennis nigris, alis cinereis, 

 pedibus nigris, genubus fulvis ; Mas. abdomine cupreo- basi seneo-viridi ; 

 Fcem. abdomine purpureo basi eeneo. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Body bright bluish-green, clothed with pale tawny hairs. Head 

 with a white spot on each side above the antennae, clothed in front 

 with black hairs. Eyes green, with a purple band. Proboscis tawny. 

 Antennse black. Wings grey ; veins black. Halteres tawny. Legs 

 black ; knees tawny. Male. Abdomen aeneous, green or seneous-green 

 at the base, cupreous towards the tip. Fern. Abdomen purple, seneous 

 at the base. 



Generally distributed, (E. S. I.) 



4. flavipes. Pin. d. s. sppl. 9. 2-3 (1826); Ztt. Aureo-viridis, 

 capite albo-bimaculato, antennis nigris, alis fusco-cinereis ; Mas. abdo- 

 minis apice cupreo, pedibus nigris, tarsis posterioribus tibiisqtie basi 



fulvis ; Fcem. capite nigro, verticis carina pm-purea, abdomine cupreo 

 ad apicem cyaneo-purpureo, pedibus fulvis, iibiis anticis fusco-cinctis. 

 Long. 3-4 ; alar. 6-8 lin. 



Body golden-green. Head clothed in front with black hairs ; a 



