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Female. Black, pubescent. Head wanting. Thorax p\ir])lish l)lack, 

 with a dingy whitish stripe along each side ; disk of the pectus dingy 

 whitish. Anterior tibiae dingy whitish above. Wings blackish; veins 

 I)lack ; halteres dingy whitish, with blackish knobs. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Malel Black. Head whitish about the mouth. Antennae piceous. 

 Thorax purplish cupreous, with a dingy whitish stripe along each 

 side ; pectus livid. Abdomen with two lanceolate apical appendages ; 

 hind borders of the segments whitish. Wings brownish cinereous, 

 with slight whitish streaks on the exterior areolets. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



21. Sargus redhibens, n. s. Faem. Cyaneus, antennis fulvis, tho- 

 racis lateribus anticis purpurascentibus, abdoraine purpureo, pedibus 

 albidis, tibiis posticis feraoribusque nigricante strigatis, alis cinereis. 

 Var. /3. Vertice purpureo, thorace viridi. 



Female. Blue. Antennae tawny. Thorax purplish on each side in 

 front. Abdomen purple, much broader than the thorax. Legs 

 whitish ; femora with a blackish streak above towards the tips ; hind 

 tibiae with a blackish apical streak. Wings cinereous; veins black ; 

 stigma blackish. Halteres tawny. Vnr. (i. Vertex purple. Thorax 

 green. Length of the body 34^-4 lines ; of the wings 7-9 lines. 



This may be a local variety of S. metallinus,hut differs from that sjjecies 

 by the dark marks on its hind legs, and by the wing-veins being black 

 at the base. 



22. Sargus mactans, n. s. Foem. Cupreo-viridis, abdomine cupreo, 

 pedibus testaceis, tibiis posticis basi nigris, alis cinereis apices versus 

 obscurioribus. 



Female. Cupreous green, with cinereous down. Head wanting. Ab- 

 domen cupreous. Legs testaceous ; hind tibiae black for half the 

 length from the base. Wings cinereous, darker from the discal areolet 

 to the tips ; veins black ; stigma brown ; halteres testaceous. Length 

 of the body 44 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



23. Sargus inactus, n. s. Mas. Albido-testaceus, vertice nigro, 

 thoracis disco scutellique apice puqjureis, pectore maculis duabus 

 cupreis, alis cinereis. 



Male. Whitish testaceous. Vertex black. Disk of the thorax and scu- 

 tellum towards the tip purple ; pectus with a cupreous spot on each 

 side. Wings cinereous; veins black; stigma dark brown; discal 

 areolet shorter than that of the two preceding species. Length of 

 the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Gen. Nerna, Walk. 



24. Nerna impendens, n. s. Mas et Fcem. Nigra, cinereo-subto- 

 mentosa, antennis tarsis posterioribus halteribusque testaceis, tarssi 



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