August — December iSSg.] 



PSrCHE. 



243 



Cal. 9,1 ; Walker Catal. Br. mus. 590,1. 



Male (adult .^) ; known only by short 

 diagnosis made in 1851 by De Selys and 

 by Abbot's figure, both compared by 

 myself and declared to be similar to the 

 female described as S. elegans. Brassy 

 green, labrum and labium and the 

 second joint of the antennae pale yellow, 

 two sharp tubercles behind the occiput ; 

 legs very long, spines short, black ; ap- 

 pendages similar to C. virgo ; wings 

 very narrow, pointed, the hind wings 

 eight mm. broad ; hyaline, pale greenish, 

 probably also the reticulation ; sector 

 principal partly connected with the 

 mediana ; 29 antecubitals. 



Female, semi-adult ; metallic green ; 

 labium pale, labrum pale yellow, 9 

 little black in the middle of the margin ; 

 epistoma metallic green in the middle ; 

 sides of the mouth j^ale yellow 

 head metallic green above, with a 

 yellow spot before the ocelli ; second 

 and third joint yellow, of nearh' equal 

 length ; tubercle on the occiput sharp ; 

 colors of the thorax not finished : dorsum 

 metallic green in the middle, reddish- 

 brown to the humeral suture, which is 

 fine and yellow ; mesothoracic crista 

 black ; sides metallic blue between two 

 lateral yellow bands ; below and around 

 the legs yellow ; axillary callus steel- 

 blue ; legs brown, darker to the knees, 

 thin and very long, the hind legs 

 26 mm. reaching nearh' to the 

 end of the fifth abdominal segment ; 

 spines shorter and not so frequent as 

 commonly ; wings long, a little pointed 

 on tip, narrow ; front wings, 7^ mm. 

 broad on the nodus ; hind wings 6i mm. 



a little yellowish ; reticulation pale red- 

 dish ; costa steel-blue ; 30 antecubitals ; 



8 in quadrangular space ; sector princi- 

 pal very near to the mediana, but not 

 entirely connected ; everywhere onlv 

 one series of cells between two veins ; 

 no pterostigma ; abdomen metallic 

 green, below blackish ; only the five 

 basal segments retained. 



Female, adult. Brass}- green, shin- 

 ing ; labium 3'ellow, blackish in middle ; 

 labrum 3'ellow ; middle of front-margin 

 finely black, also an impressed basal 

 spot ; head and epistoma brassy green ; 

 second joint of antenna vellow ; thorax 

 brassy green ; crista black ; humeral 

 suture finel}' yellow ; sides brass}' green 

 after the second suture, between the legs, 

 and below dull yellowish ; legs black ; 

 wings long, a little broader, front wings 



9 mm., hind wings 8 mm. broad near 

 the nodus ; apex more rounded ; a little 

 yellowish, more colored at the base ; 

 reticulation black ; costa and axillar}- 

 callus brassy green ; 25 antecubitals ; 

 6 to 5 in quadrangular space ; sector 

 principal entirely connected with medi- 

 ana shortly after its origin ; no pteros- 

 tigma ; abdomen brassy green, black 

 below ; last segments darker brassv, 

 with a white longitudinal band on the 

 three apical ones, broader on the penul- 

 timate, smaller on the segment before 

 and on the last, ending on the apical 

 carina ; appendages yellow, sharp ; 

 sides of last segments and valves yellow, 

 with black palpus. 



Male. Female. Female, adult. 



Length, 67 52 56 



Abdomen, 56 43 43 



Exp. al.. 32 7'S 78 



