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obliquely striated. Scutelliiin less finely striated llian the thorax. Pectus 

 and under side of abdomen metallic-green. Abdomen with luleous spots 

 along each side. Femora blackish red. Fore wings extremely thickly and 

 minutely punctured; membrane lurid. Length of ihe body 13 Hues. 



The thorax is more dilated on each side in front than that of P. 

 amethystinum. 



a. Mount Ophir. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



12. PyCANUM STABILE. 



Sordide rufescens ; capitis ihoracisque latera pedesque nigra ; caput teneo 

 subnitens; thorax transverse el scite strialus, subtiLiter et sat sparse 

 punctatus, anlice snbglaber, lateribus anlicis dilatatis subrectangulatis 

 longitudinaliler striatis ; pectus viride ; abdomen maculis lateralibus 

 nigris, vittis dvabus venlralibus latissimis viridibus ; al<c anticce 

 eeneo-viridi subvarice, membrana cinerea. 



Dark dull red. Sides of the head and of the thorax, legs and costa of 

 the fore wings at the base black. Head extremely minutely punctured, 

 with an aeneous tinge. Rostrum piceous. Thorax transversely and finely 

 striated, minutely and rather thinly punctured; fore part nearly smooth ; 

 sides in front longitudinally striated, dilated and forming two rounded 

 right angles. Sculellum less finely striated than the thorax. Pectus 

 metallic-green ; lobes mostly bordered with tawny. Abdomen with black 

 lateral spots; under side with two very broad metallic-green stripes; disk 

 longitudinally and very finely striated. Fore wings extremely minutely 

 and thickly punctured, partly and slightly tinged with ajneous-green ; 

 membrane cinereous. Length of the body 15 lines. 



In the structure of the thorax it most resembles the Mount Ophir 

 specimen of P. ponderosum, and appears to be a link between that species 

 and the following one. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



13. Pycanum smaragdiferum. 



Nigrum, subtus piceum ; caput et thorax aniicus subaneo-nigra ; anten- 

 narum articulus 4us apice rufescens; thorax transverse subslriatus, 

 subtiiiter et sat sparse punctatus, fascia antica glabra undulata 

 abbreviata, lateribus anlicis dilatatis subrectangulatis longitudinaliler 

 striatis; sculellum transverse rugulosum, apice fulvum; pectus 

 smaragdino biplagiatum ; abdomen gutlis lateralibus fulvis, vittis 

 duabus indeterminatis plngaque subnpicali smaragdinis venlralibus; 

 coxcB fulvcB ; femora obscure viridia ; alee anlicce membrana cineo- 

 fusca. 



Black, piceous beneath. Head and fore part of the thorax with a very 

 slight Beneous tinge. Head with a minutely punctured stripe. Second 

 joint of the antennae a little longer than the third; fourth rather longer 

 than the second, reddish at the tip. Thorax very slightly transversely 

 striated, minutely and rather thinly punctured, with an undulating 

 abbreviated smooth band near the fore border ; fore sides dilated, longi- 

 tudinally striated, forming two rounded right angles. Scutellum trans- 

 versely rugulose, tawny at the tip. Pectus with a large emerald-green 



