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i;i. Augoclilova nana. 



FiDinlf. Lonf?th I \ linos.— I lend and Ihorax brassy groeii, abdomen 

 l)ale tbrruginous. "Ut-ad rotundato, very finely and closely punc- 

 turod ; tho mandibles, apical marj^nn of the clypcus, and the an- 

 teninr pale ferru,i,ni\ous, the latter slij^btly fuscous above. Thorax 

 very linely punelured ; the base of the metathorax finely nigulose, 

 snrronnded l)y a smooth shining si)ace ; wings clear hyaline and 

 splendidly iridescent, nervures and teguUi; pale rufo-testawions ; 

 logs the colour of the abdomen, which is smooth, shining, and im- 

 punctate. 



Jlah. Santarem. 



1 4. Angochlora thalia. 



Female. Length 3-3^ lines. — Brassy green, with, usually, coppery 

 tints on the thorax and abdomen. Head minutely and very closely 

 ])unctured ; the clypeus strongly so, its anterior margin black ; the 

 mandibles ferruginous ; the flagellum of the antenntc fulvous be- 

 neath. Thorax finely punctured ; the base of the metathorax with 

 radiating strioe, the sides with white pubescence ; wings fulvo- 

 hyalinc, the nervures dark fuscous, the tegiala) rufo-piceous ; the 

 tibia) and tarsi ferruginous, more or less fuscous above ; the femora 

 and COX03 obscure rufo-piceous. Abdomen very bright and shining 

 at the base, more or less covered with fine hoary pilosity : beneath 

 blackish. 



Male. Smaller than the female, but of the same colour ; the 

 clypeus more produced, and its anterior margin narrowly yellowish ; 

 the antenna; longer and stouter ; the legs, except the coxa;, pale 

 ferruginous ; tho abdomen narrower than in the female, but pubes- 

 cent and similarly coloured. 



Hab. St. Paulo and Villa Nova. 



15. Aiigochlora briseis. 



Female. Length. 3J lines. — Head green, thorax and abdomen ob- 

 scurely purple. . Head shining brassy green, finely and closely 

 punctured, the clypeus with a few strong punctures ; mandil>les 

 ferruginous ; flagellum of the anteunaj fulvous beneath. The 

 thorax coarsely punctured above, of a bright purple colour, with 

 an abbreviated impressed line over each tegula ; the metathorax 

 smooth and shining ; wings hyaline and iridescent, and faintly 

 clouded at their apex ; legs rufo-piceous. The abdomen sub- 

 clavate, the basal segment rather strongly punctured ; the basal 

 half of the second more finely so, the following segments shining 

 and impunctate. 



Jlah. Amazons, St. Paulo. 



