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punctured. Abdomen greenish at base and apex, but the 

 intermediate segments above are mostly rich purple, diversi- 

 fied with bluish, indigo, and green reflections in certain lights. 

 Beneath, the lateral white or rather pale yellow markings 

 are conspicuous and well defined, contrasting strongly with 

 the green surface of the ventral plates which they overlap. 

 The legs are testaceous or luteous with the apices of the hind 

 tibiae, and the tarsi more or less blackened. 



nitidus, W. F. Kirby. 

 Type in B.M. 



- Considerably smaller than nitidus. The white markings of the 

 abdomen are not so well developed, and its dorsum is nearly 

 unicoloious (metallic blue- (or sage-) green, and darker than 

 the thorax, which is brassy, sparsely punctured, and very 

 shining). The tibiae and tarsi are immaculate. 



deceptus, Rohwer. 

 Type in B.M. 



(In all these insects the labrum is more or less white, the 

 head and thorax delicately punctured, and the abdomen 

 has a very fine and close transverse striation. Without 

 more material it is impossible to be sure which of their 

 differences are really of specific value.) 



NEOEURYS, ROHWER. 

 SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



In the original description of genus Neoeurys it was said 

 to be readily separated from its allies by the 14- jointed 

 antennae, but I have found variations in the number of 

 antennal joints in all genera of this group. And, in fact, 

 the Type of metaUica in B.M. (a $) has the antennae 15- 

 jointed, while in a <$ of another species the number of 

 joints is only 11. 



The characters which seem to me best to distinguish 

 this genus from Eurys, with which alone it is likely to be 

 confused are : (1) the much shorter and broader face, 

 and (2) the more elongate joints of the hind-legs, particu- 

 larly the tarsi, which appear to be quite as long as the 

 tibiae, whereas in Eurys they are evidently shorter. It 

 differs also from Eurys as stated in my Synopsis of Genera 



