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pruinose, a little more at the humeri, sliining; acrostichal bristles 

 moderately long; scutellum without hairs above. Pleura slightly 

 greenish, grey pruinose; prothoracic bristles blaclc, tiie lowermost 

 somewhat strong, Abdomen dark metaliic green, sllglitly whitish 

 pruinose; at the sides of the second, or the second and third segment 

 larger or smaller translucent yellow spots, often united in front; ab- 

 domen clothed with short, black hairs, which are not longer at the 

 sides, and it has somewhat long hindmarginal bristles, longer on the 

 first segment; the eighth segment has four long and strong bristles 

 at the end. Venter greyish black, yellow at the base, with short 

 hairs and not long hindmarginal bristles. The outer lamellæ of the 

 hypopygium small, narrow and pointed, the ventral lobes moderately 

 large, broader. Legs with the front coxæ yellow, posterior coxæ grey 

 with the apical part more or less yellow; femora and tibiæ yellow, 

 hind femora often a little blackish or brown at the apex, hind tibiæ 

 blackish at the apex; anterior tarsi with the apex of metatarsus and 

 the four following joints blackish or brown, hind tarsi black; hind 

 metatarsus slightly shorter than the second joint. The legs have 

 short, blackish hairs, hind coxæ about three bristles on the outer 

 side ; femora only with rather short hairs below ; the posterior femora 

 have one preapical bristle, and a similar bristle on the posterior side; 

 front tibiæ with some dorsal bristles, and one or two very small 

 ventral bristles; middle tibiæ with two dorsal rows and some smaller 

 ventral bristles, the lowermost stronger; hind tibiæ with two dorsal 

 rows and some small ventral bristles; all the dorsal bristles on the 

 tibiæ strong; front and hind metatarsi with some small, fine bristles 

 below. Wings a little brownish tinged ; veins blackish brown, sub- 



Fig. 79. Wing of A. elongata c?. 



costal vein very short ; the discai bend small, placed nearer the cross- 

 vein than the apex; the cross-vein before the middle of the wing 

 (Kowarz' figure is not correct in this respect). Squamulæ pale yel- 

 lowish with a black margin above, and a black fringe. Halteres yellow. 



