Chrysogaster. 1 1 1 



2. L. splendida Meig. 



1822. Meig. Syst. Beschr. III, 271, II. — 1843. Loew, Stett. ent. Zeitg. 

 IV, 258. — 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 267. — 1901. Verr. Brit. Fl. VIII, 193, 2. 

 — 1907. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 17. — Chrtjsogaster tarsata Meig. 1822. 

 1. c. III, 271, 10. — 1843. Zett. Dipt. Scand. II, 822, 6 et 1849. VIII, 

 3178, 6. — 1843. Loew, Stett. ent. Zeitg. IV, 255. — Chr. Incolor Macq. 

 1827. Soc. Se. Lille, 193, 5. — 1838. Meig. 1. c. VII, 121, 18. — 1843. 

 Loew, Stett. ent. Zeitg. IV, 259. — Chr. ainethystina Macq. 1834. Suit. a 

 Buff. I, 563, 13. — 1857. Loew, Wien. ent. Monatschr. I, 6. — Chr. amethystea 

 Meig. 1838. 1. c. VII, 122, 21. — Chr. rufitarsis Loew, 1840. Programm. 

 Posen, 31, 6, Fig. 41 et 1840 Isis, 564, 6. 



Male. Frons broad, a little narrower than in metallina; vertex, 

 frons and epistoma metallic green; frons punctate, with a small or 

 wanting dot-like impression above Ihe antennæ and a transverse depres- 



Fig. 51. Antenna of L. splendida c?, from the inside. X 70. 



sion above, nearer the ocelli than in metallina ; epistoma retreating 

 downwards, strongly produced at the mouth edge, a little dusted above. 

 All the hairs pale. Occiput greenish with white hairs. Antennæ with 

 the third joint rather large, but smaller than in metallina, it is roundish 

 or a little longer than broad. The antennæ are black or brownish 

 blaek, the third joint pale or yellovv beneath at the base to a greater 

 or smaller degree; arista thinner than in metallina. Thorax æneous 

 green or more brass-coloured, especially behind, less punctate and 

 more shining than in metallina, clothed with short, pale hairs, longer 

 at the margin of scutellum. Pleura with slightly longer hairs. Abdomen 

 æneous green, often coppery or sometimes violet; it is likewise less 

 punctate and more shining than in metallina, and haired in the same 

 way. Legs as in metallina, but the three first joints of the tarsi more 

 or less yellow, when darker the dark color beginns at the base, and 

 hind metatarsus often æneous. Wings almost hyaline. Stigma yellow. 

 Squamulæ whitish. Halteres orange. 



