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viridis, antennis nigris, alis limpidis, pedibus nigris, genuhus tarsisque 

 fulvis, tihiis tarsisque anticis subfuscis ; Mas. proboscide fulvo ; Foetn. 

 proboscide fusco. Long, lf-2 ; alar. 4-4-1- iju. 



Body bright coppery-green or bluish-green, clothed with very short 

 whitish hairs. Eyes green, here and there reddish-purple. A)itenneB 

 black. Wings colourless, sometimes pale brown along the fore border ; 

 veins pale brown. Halteres yellow or tawny. Abdomen sometimes 

 purple. Legs black ; knees and tarsi taivny ; fore tibia tawny ; fore tarsi 

 pale broion. Male. Proboscis tawny. Fern. Proboscis brown. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. pallipes, Mg. zw. vi. 311. 31 (1S30); Zii.—poUtus var.. Fin. 

 Viridis, antennis fuscis basi fulvis, thoracis lateribus flavo-vittatis, alis 

 limpidis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus jmsterioribus nigris, tibiis posticis apice 

 fuscis. Long, l-i— 1|-; alar. 3-^-4 lin. 



Bright green, sometimes coppery or bluish-green. Proboscis tawny. 

 Antenna broicn ; first and second joints tawny. Thorax with a yellow 

 stripe along each side. Wings colom'less ; veins pale tawny. Hal- 

 teres yellow or tawny. Legs taiony ; posterior femora mostly black or 

 greenish-black ; hind tibicB brown towards the tips. 



Generally distributed. (E. S.) 



4. flavicornis, Mg. zw. iii. 112. 10 (1822); Mq.— /WiYa v., Ztt.— 

 pallipes v., Ztt. Viridis, antennis fulvis, thoracis lateribus fiavo-vittatis, 

 alis \\m])\(\\s,, pedibus fulvis, femoribns posterioribus nigris, tibiis posticis 

 apice fusco-cinctis. Long. 1^-1^; alar. 3-3^ lin. 



Bright green or bluish-green. Proboscis and antenna taicny. 

 Thorax zcith a yelloio stripe along each side. Wings colourless, some- 

 times pale tawny along the fore border; vein pale tawn^y. Halteres 

 yellow or tawny. Abdomen sometimes bright cupreous or ciipreous- 

 black. Legs tawny ; posterior femora more or less black ; hind tibia 

 most frequently with a brown band near each tip. 



Generally distributed. (E. S.) 



5. cyaneiventris, Ztt. d. s. i. 156. 4 (1842). Aureo-viridis, 

 antennis halteribus pedibusque flams, abdomine violaceo, femoribus pos- 

 terioribus late nigro-cinctis ; Fatm. fronte violacea. Long. 1^ ; alar. 

 3 lin. 



Golden-green. Antennae and halteres yellow. Abdomen violet. 

 Legs yellow ; a broad black band on each of the posterior femora. 

 Fern. Front \-iolet. 



Eare. In Mr. Halida/s collection, (i.) 



