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Thorax densely pubescent; legs pale ferruginous, the 

 intermediate coxee and femora behind, as well as the pos- 

 terior femora, dark fuscous or black, the tips of the latter 

 ferruginous outside; wings hyaline, the nervures ferru- 

 ginous, the costal black. Abdomen with a nigro-aeneous 

 hue, all the segments densely fringed with pubescence ; 

 beneath, thinly pubescent. 



Hab. Champion Bay, and South Australia. 



In the British Museum. 



Gen. Stenotrittts. 

 Stenotrihis smaragdinus. 



Female. Length 8| lines. Bright green, finely sha- 

 greened, not shining ; the ocelli black, placed forwards 

 in a curve, an abbreviated carina in front of the anterior 

 one ; a dark space on each side of the ocelli between them 

 and the eyes; the clypeus with purple reflections; an- 

 tennae black. The metathorax, the thorax beneath and 

 at the sides, with white pubescence ; the legs have a pale 

 pubescence, that on the intermediate and posterior tibiee 

 and tarsi short and dense. The wings hyaline. The 

 abdomen has a thick dark fuscous fimbria at the apex; 

 on the second segment on each side at the basal margin 

 is a dark fuscous impressed spot ; beneath, the apical 

 margins of the segments are fringed with pale pubes- 

 cence, that on the apical segment being dark fuscous. 



Hab. Champion Bay. 



In the British Museum. 



The insect from which the generic characters were 

 drawn, (Cat. Hymenop. p. 119) was not in perfect pre- 

 servation ; the tongue was wanting ; but the remarkable 

 pectinate spurs on the intermediate and posterior tibiee, 

 in conjunction with other peculiarities, were deemed 

 sufficient characters whereby it might be recognized; 

 the second species now described is also imperfect, the 

 tongue, part of the antennae, and one of the anterior legs 

 are wanting ; but in every particular in which I have 

 the means of comparing this species with the type 

 8. elegans, they agree; both are from Australia. 



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