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8 ANIiKi;XlU-K. 



8i>a<i> in tho middle; at tho oxtri-ino lateral margins of the third 

 and fourth Bi'gmeuts are tufts i>f wliito i)ul)esccuco. 



Ihb. Chili. 



''*>. Caupolicana lugubris. 



Ffviah: Ix)ngth 7^-8 lines. — Coal-black ; the head and the thorax 

 above, as far as the toguhc, densely clothed with white pubescence, 

 that on the thorax faintly ocliraceous : the white pubescence occa- 

 sionally extends a little beyond the tegulfc ; the second, third, and 

 fourth segments of the abdomen with white pubescent fasciae on 

 their apical margins; beneath, the pubescence is entirely black : 

 wings hyiJine, with a slight fuscous cloud beyond the third sub- 

 marginal cell; the anterior and intermediate femora fringed 

 lioncath with griseous pubescence, that on the posterior femora 

 sooty black. 



I fab. Uruguay. 



LAMPROCOLLETES, Smith. 



1. Lamprocolletes metallicus. 



Male. Length .3 lines. — Brassy green, with the metathorax blue- 

 green. The head closely punctured, the face with glittering 

 whitish pubescence, that on the vertex fuscous, on the cheeks it 

 is dense and white. Thorax shining, the disk with strong punc- 

 tures, intermixed with finer ones; above with a thin yellowish- 

 white pubescence ; on the sides and beneath it is white, as it is 

 also on the legs ; the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous ; wings 

 hyaline and iridescent, the uervures rufo-testaceous. Abdomen 

 subovate, and very dehcately and closely punctured, sparingly 

 pubescent ; the apical margins of the segments very narrowly 

 testaceous. 



Hal. Australia. 



2. Lamprocolletes providus. 



Female. Length 5 lines.— Head and thorax black, abdomen blue- 

 green. Head closely punctured, the clypeus most strongly so, and 

 shining ; the face with a thin griseous pubescence ; the anterior 

 margin of the clypeus ciliated with short fulvous hairs ; tips of the 

 mandibles rufo-piceous ; the flagellum of the antennfe obscure 

 fulvous beneath. Thorax shining above, finely and sparingly 

 punctured ; on the sides, beneath, and on the femora the pubescence 

 IS whitish, on the latter forming a long flnccus ; the scopa on the 

 posterior tibiae white; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures 

 ruto-testaceous. Abdomen subovate, shining, and closely and 



