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Augochlora paphia Sm. 9- 



Santarem. Hind spur with eight long spines ; cilia of segments 

 one and two fulvous, wanting in middle of one, otherwise very dis- 

 tinct; head broad; scutellum with two purplish spots; wings strongly 

 yellowish; first r. n. meets second t. c. 



Augochlora atropos Sm. 9 (T.). 



Very peculiar; head, thorax and first abdominal segment black, 

 with at most vague suggestions of green ; rest of abdomen green, 

 with golden tints, and even some crimson tints on third segment ; 

 vibrissa orange, distinct; hind spur with numerous long spines; first 

 r. n. meeting second t. c. 



Augochlora diversipennis (Lep.) Sm. %. 



Shaped rather like a 9 ; golden-green, vibrissate on hind margins 

 of abd. segments one and two with orange hairs; antennae dark, 

 with third joint reddish yellow and swollen anteriorly ; anterior 

 margin of clypeus yellow ; sides of metathorax very closely punc- 

 tured ; tarsi yellow ; first r. n. meets second t. c. Does not agree 

 with any of the species in my Phila. Acad., 1900, paper. 



Augochlora electra Sm. % (T.). 



Antennae dark, without any red joint ; all the tarsi yellow ; area 

 shining, quite smooth, without punctures or wrinkles; hind margins 

 of segments one and two ciliate. 

 Augochlora bucephala Sm. 9 (T.). 



Hind spur with six spines. 

 Augochlora arteuiisia Sm. (T.). 



At first sight appears not vibrissate, but there are remains of what 

 must have been a ciliate fringe; first r. n. reaching extreme base of 

 the large third s. m. ; scutellum extremely densely punctured. The 

 unique type has both hind legs gone. 



Augochlora vesta Sm. 9 (T.). 



Abdomen quite crimson ; hind spur with long spines ; hind mar- 

 gin of second segment ciliate with orange hairs, but on first the 

 fringe is not apparent. Other specimens labelled vesta are from 

 Mexico. 

 Augochlora cupreola iCkll.). 



My A. vesta, var. cupreola, must stand as a distinct species. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. SEPTEMBER, 1905. 



