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black; in older individuals the sternum is largely dark brown or 

 black with the edge and a small central area yellowish; in all of 

 the specimens the metathorax and the ventral surfaces of the 

 entire thorax and the coxae are largely covered with a dense white 

 pruinescence. 



Abdomen brown to black, overlaid with metallic green, with a 

 slight bluish cast, which disappears posteriorly; i brown, more or 

 less black above, especially posteriorly, with the posterior border 

 and a large posterior lateral area black; 2-7 with dorsum and 

 sides brilliant metallic green, most brilliant on the basal segments 

 and fading out posteriorly; 8-10 black, 8 slightly less metallic 

 than 7, 10 more or less white pruinose above, especially basally 

 or in the middle. Superior appendages black, apex elevated 

 above the level of the dorsum of the abdomen; inferior^ wanting, 

 that is, no longer than the immediately adjacent parts. 



Coxae yellowish, black below externally; legs black, femora 

 with a posterio-ventral yellowish stripe which does not reach the 

 apex; tibiae narrowly lined dull yellow dorsally; spines on legs as 

 usual, the four or five basal spines of the anterior row of the first 

 femora short, flattened, feather-shaped, like the distal spines of 

 the anterior row of the first tibiae, but shorter. Tooth on tarsal 

 claw distinctly shorter than the claw itself. 



Venation and stigma black; venational characters discussed 

 under the genus. 



Female: Differs from the male as follows: gena and mandible 

 bluish or greenish yellow; labrum dull blue; anteclypeus brown 

 with a bluish or leaden central area; epicranium with little if any 

 metallic green reflection. 



Prothorax dark brown or black with some very restricted paler 

 shadings; sides slightly paler with ill-defined yellowish areas and 

 the lower border dull yellow. 



Thorax with a yellow stripe on the first lateral suture, duller 

 and narrower above, wider and paler below; the yellow anterior 



