349 INSEOTA SAUNDEBSIANA. 



two usual curves : alulas dingy white with pitchy borders: halteres pitchy. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Cape. 



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La:te viridis ; caput auraium ; thorax antice albo quadriviltatus ; scutel- 

 lum et abdomen ci/aneo-viridia ; 'pectoris lalera et abdomen subtus 

 albo maculata ; antennce fulvce ; pedes nigri ; ala subcinerew, basi 

 nigra. 



Bright green : head with a gold covering ; frontalia pale red ; epistoma 

 prominent; facialia beset with bristles at the base; palpi tawny : feelers 

 tawny; third joint not reaching the epistoma; sixth black : chest uith four 

 ivhite stripes in front : scutcheon and abdomen tinged with blue : sides of 

 the breast and of the under side of the abdomen adorned with white spots : 

 legs black: ivings pale gray, black at the base; veins black; praebrachial 

 vein forming an obtuse angle at its flexure, very slightly curved inward 

 near this, straight from thence to the tip ; lower cross-vein straight with 

 the exception of a slight outward curve along its upper half: alulae white. 

 Length of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



South Australia. 



MuscA coNNEXA, Fcm. 



Cyaneo-viridis, purpurea varia ; abdomen apice aureo-viride ; antennce 

 et pedes nigra ; al<B subcinerea. 



Bluish-green, with a purple tinge here and there : head with a white 

 covering ; frontalia and facialia black ; palpi black : feelers black ; third 

 joint nearly reaching the epistoma : Up of the abdomen golden-green : legs 

 black: wings very slightly gray ; veins black, tawny at the base; prajbia- 

 chial vein rounded at its flexure, near which it is bent inward ; lower cross- 

 vein with a slight inward curve, straight at each end -. alulae white, with 

 pale yellow borders. Length of the body 3— 3^ lines; of the wings 6—7 

 lines. 



