336 INSECTA SAUNDEESIANA. 



MUSCA SUFFUSA. 



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Purpureo-cyanea ; caput alhidum ; antenna ferruginece ; pedes nigri; al<s 

 cinerecB, basi et ad costam obscuriores. 



Blue, varied unth purple : head with a white covering; frontalia black 

 and a little narrower towards the feelers ; facialia, epistoma, lateralia and 

 palpi tawmj : eyes bare : feelers ferruginous, darker above : chest partly 

 green, with a slight hoary tinge : abdomen a little broader and shorter than 

 the chest : legs black : tviiigs gray, darker at the base and along part of the 

 fore border ; veins black ; middle cross-vein clouded ; praebrachial vein 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle at its flexure, slightly bent inward at a lit- 

 tle before half the distance from thence to its tip ; lower cross-vein very 

 slightly bent outward towards the tip : alulae gray with whitish borders. 

 Length of the body 3i lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Brazil. 



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Viridi-cyanea ; caput auratum ; thorax albidus, bivittatus ; antenna 

 lutece, apice supra ferruginece ; tibite ferruginece ; tarsi nigri ; alcB 

 vinerece, basi nigricantes. 



Blue, partly green : head with a pale gold covering, tawny in front, 

 clothed beneath and behind with yellow hairs ; crown black on each side ; 

 frontalia ferruginous, linear; epistoma prominent: mouth black, pitchy 

 towards the tip; palpi taivny : feelers luteous ; third joint ferruginous 

 above ; sixth joint black : chest with a slight whitish covering which is in- 

 terrupted by tivo slender stripes : legs green ; shanks dark ferruginous ; feet 

 black : wings gray, blackish at the base ; veins black ; pra3brachial vein 

 much curved inward beyond its flexure ; lower cross-vein with two equally 

 slight curves : alulae grayish, while at the base. Length of the body 4 

 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Jamaica. 



