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Ctiiis LAPHRIA, Fahr. 



Laphhia metalli, Feiti. 



Cupreo -purpurea, glaucescens, 7ii(jro hirla, unlennis pedibusque niyris, alls 

 fuscis. 



Body linear, rather broad, dark coppery-purple, slightly tinged with 

 blue : head covered with dark tawny down, clothed with hoary hairs, having 

 a few black hairs on the face and on each side of the crown, thickly fringed 

 with black bristles behind the eyes ; tubercle of the eyelets armed with two 

 long black bristles ; face slightly prominent towards the epistoma, thickly 

 beset with long black bristles : eyes black ; fore part nearly (hit, its facets 

 larger than those elsewhere : sucker black, clothed at the tip with short 

 tawny hairs ; feelers black : chest, breast and sides of the abdomen clothed 

 with short black hairs : abdomen much longer than the chest; a thick tuft 

 of black bristles on each side at the base : legs black, stout, thickly clothed 

 with black hairs ; shanks curved, especially the hind pair : wings dark 

 brown ; wing-ribs and veins black. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the 

 wings 23 lines. 



Cape. 



NUSA, n. g. 



Antennis articulus 2us lo brevior ; 3us subclavatus, lo paullo longior 

 et mullo latior ; femora gracilia ; tibisB posticae subcurva; ; alis areola la 

 postica ab margine remota; 2a et 3a aperta; 4a prope marginem clausa. 



Second joint of the feelers shorter than the first; third slightly club- 

 shaped, a little longer and much broader than the first: thighs slender; 

 hind-shanks slightly curved : fust posterior areolet of the wing closed at a 

 long distance from the border ; second and third open ; fourth closed near 



the border. 



NusA iEQUALis, Plate 4, fig. 4. 



Tem. Flavo-fusca, vapile alhido, tlmrace vitlis duahux niyro-fuscis ornalo, 

 pectore vano, abdomine cano siw-fascialo, antciinis pcdibustjue niffris, 

 alis subciiiereis. 



Body black : head adorned with a white covering wliich has a tawny 

 tinge above, thickly clothed behind and beneath with white hairs, armed 



