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C. PULCHELLUS, KOW. 



A small species similar to cilipes and gramineus, but easily dis- 

 tiuguisted from cilipes by its black anterior femora, and from gram- 

 ineus by the yellow base of the hind femora ; it closest a]ly,femoratus, 

 is larger, and has a smaller third joint to the antennae ; I cannot, 

 however, as yet express myself thoroughly satisfied with the specific 

 distinctions. I caught a pair apparently belonging to it at Rannoch, 

 in June, 1870. The remaining twelve species known to him, Kowarz 

 does not attempt to divide into groups ; he first isolates 



C. BLEPHAEOSCELES, KoW. 



A large dull coloured species, with unusually bristly front tibiae, 

 of which he only knows two male specimens. I am inclined, though 

 with considerable doubt, to refer to this two pairs of an insect caught 

 near Penzance, in July, 1871. He describes his species as dull green, 

 the third joint of the antennae small, eyes nearly (in mine, I think, 

 quite) touching, palpi small, brown, at the tip shining-yellowish, wings 

 pale brownish, darker towards the costa (in mine almost blackish 

 tinged), alulae reddish-yellow with blackish-brownish-yellow fringes 

 (in mine whitish, with blackish edges and fringes), legs black, with the 

 front tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown (in my males, all blackish), front 

 tibiae, especially on the upper-side, more distinctly ciliated than usual, 

 and besides the bristles near the base with a second strong bristle 

 behind the middle, almost concealed by the ciliation, hind tibiae in- 

 cluding the metatarsus with conspicuous ciliation (the ciliation on the 

 hind legs is moderate in one of my males, slight in the other); abdo- 

 men dark dull green, genitalia drawn in. 



The abdomen in my specimens is strongly suggestive of the genus 

 DiapJiorus, as it is longer than usual in Chrysotus, and of the usual 

 dark blue-green hue common in Diaplwrus, and at its apex bears four 

 or five short stubby bristles, easily overlooked, the genitalia also extend 

 beneath for some distance in an irregularly concealed manner. 



The females of my specimens are palish green, the frotis pale 

 green, the face narrow, greenish-white, scarcely occupying one-sixth 

 the width of the head, the palpi small, blackish at the tips, shimmering 

 white, alulae as in male, white with blackish edges and fringes, the 

 anterior tibiae and base of tarsi yellowish, with only the usual bristles, 

 though the cilia on the front tibiae may be slightly more abundant and 

 distinct than usual. The second female has the front tibiae a little 

 darkened at the tip, and the middle pair at the base. 



. Tlie chief points wliicl\ make me hanitate as to the identity of my 



