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8. MEGARHINA SPECIOSA, Skuse (W. Macleay, M.S.). 

 (" S. A. C," p. 1722.) 



Caudal adornment yellow and black. Fore tarsi, with the 

 first joint all white save at the base, and the second and just the 

 base of third also white ; first mid-tarsal with a broad basal white 

 band, and the second, third, and base of fourth joints white ; hind 

 entirely dark purple, except a narrow band at the base of the first, 

 and all but the apex of the second joints. Thorax dark brown, 

 with the margins and prothorax densely pale-greenish scaled. 



Head pearly-greenish ; proboscis and palps deep blue, the third joint 

 of latter with apical golden band ; pleurae with naked brown stripe from 

 origin of the wings ; abdomen deep blue, except the first segment which 

 is green, with a pair of lateral patches ; coxae silvery, the remainder of 

 the legs deep violet, except as noted on the tarsi, and on the lower sides 

 of the femora, which are golden. Wings rather longer than the 

 abdomen. Length. — About 11 mm. 



Habita t. — Queensland, 



9. MEGARHINA IMMESERICORS, Walker. 



(Journ. Proc. Linn, Soc, Lend., iv, p. 91 [1860] ; et vii, p. 202). 

 =• C. Regius, Thwaites (Hope Collection). 



Caudal adornment yellow and black. Legs metallic purple, 

 with second tarsal joints entirely white except just at base and 

 apex ; mid. tarsi with two white bands. Thorax clothed with 

 coppery-green, fusiform scales, with an azure patch over the root 

 of the wings. 



Head azure blue in front, bronzy-red and green behind, hind border 

 of scutellum whitish ; pleurae black with white scaled patches. Abdo- 

 men bright purple and blue with bronzy, black and yellow caudal tufts, 

 and white tufts in front. Palpi, ^ , purple, with some white on the 2 

 basal joints. Wings purple along the anterior border. Length. — 11 mm. 



Habitat. — Makessar in Celebes, Weigiou, Mysol and North Ceram ; 

 Ceylon, Travancore, Malay Peninsula, Nilgherri Hills ; Trincomahe, 

 Hot Wells and Ceylon. Neighbourhood of Calcutta. 



Captain James writes that it bites very severely in S. India, and that 

 its bite is very poisonous. It is known to the natives as the '• Stinging 

 Elephant Mosquito." 



10. MEGARHINA CHRISTOPHI, Portschinsky. 

 (Horse Soc, Ent. Rossicae, p. 122 [1883]). 



Caudal adornment yellow and black. The first and second 

 joints of fore tarsi, the base of the first, and all second and 

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