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Male : black , the upper surface of the abdomen opaque 

 dark bronzy green ; the pubescence on the head , mesotho- 

 rax and scutelhim , first abdominal segment and legs 

 whitish or pale ferrugineous , that on the prothorax and 

 second and following segments of the abdomen black. 



The head small, the eyes rather large, not approxi- 

 mating on the vertex ; the pubescence dense , plumose , 

 whitish, intermixed with black hairs near the ocelli. The 

 under surface of the flagellum of the antennae ferrugineous. 



The anterior portion of the thorax as well as the te- 

 gulae densely covered with black plumose pubescence; the 

 remaining portion of the upper surface of the thorax as 

 well as a patch below the wings densely covered with 

 whitish plumose pubescence. The hind border of the scu- 

 tellum , sharply edged. The wings subhyaline with faint 

 shades of purple, and with only two submarginal cells. The 

 tarsi of the legs, especially those of the intermediate pair 

 elongated. The anterior tibiae and tarsi fringed outside 

 with whitish hairs ; the intermediate tibiae covered on the 

 upper surface with whitish pubescence and fringed outside 

 with long pale ferrugineous hairs ; the intermediate tarsi 

 fringed with long pale ferrugineous hairs on both sides; 

 the posterior tibiae with a longitudinal streak of whitish 

 pubescence on the upper surface, laterally with long brown- 

 black hairs ; the posterior tarsi on the upper surface with 

 long whitish hairs and some black ones along the outer 

 margin. The posterior tibiae are prolonged at the apex 

 of the under surface into a long and stout spine. 



The upper surface of the abdomen is very densely punct- 

 ured , opaque and of a dark bronzy green color. Its pu- 

 bescence is plumose , whitish on the first , black on the 

 second and following segments , although in certain lights 

 it seems to be greyish on the fourth , fifth , sixth and se- 

 venth. The apical segment is widely truncated at the 

 apex; its apical margin deeply incised at the middle. The 

 ventral segments are sparingly punctured , subshining and 

 almost without pubescence, with exception however of the 



Notes from the Leyclen Mxisevim, "Vol. II. 



