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bronze, smooth, flat, nearly linear, lawny at the base beneath, nar- 

 rower and a little longer than the chest ; legs yellow ; wings colour- 

 less ; veins tawny ; ulna much shorter than the humerus ; radius as 

 long as the ulna ; cubitus much shorter than the radius ; wing- 

 brand of moderate size. Length of the body J line ; of the wings 1 

 line. . 



GASTRATSCISTRUS Iriarte. Mas. Viridis, abdomine aneo, an- 

 tennis nigris, pedibus flams, alls limpidis. Page 105. 



Bright green : head and chest convex, finely shagreened ; 

 head as broad as the chest, bright blue in front ; feelers black, fili- 

 form, rather stout, about half the length of the body ; first joint 

 green, robust; second cup-shaped; third and fourth very small; 

 fifth and following joints of nearly equal size : chest oval ; fore- 

 chest very short ; shield of the middle-chest rather flat ; sutures of 

 the parapsides distinct ; axillae separated by nearly one half the 

 breadth of the chest ; scutcheon nearly obconical ; hind-chest ra- 

 ther short, obconical, slightly declining : petiole very short : abdo- 

 men smooth, flat, nearly linear, dark bronze-colour, rather shorter 

 and narrower than the chest ; metapodeon rather long ; octoon and 

 following segments of moderate size : legs yellow ; hips green : 

 wings colourless ; veins tawny ; ulna much longer than the hume- 

 rus ; radius not one-fourth of the length of the ulna ; cubitus much 

 shorter than the radius ; wing-brand very small. Length of the 

 body J line ; of the wings 1 J line. 



GASTRANCISTRUS Amnisos. Mas. JEneo-viridis, abdomine 

 purpureo ban subtus fulvo, antennis nigris, tibiisfuhis, tar- 

 sis flaviS) alls subfuscis. Page 105. 



Brassy green : head and chest convex, shagreened ; head very 

 little broader than the chest ; eyes dark red : feelers black, slightly 

 moniliform, full as long as the chest ; first joint green, slender, 

 slightly curved ; second cup-shaped ; third and fourth very small ; 

 fifth and followingjoints of nearly equal size : chest spindle-shaped ; 

 fore-chest short; shield of the middle-chest rather flat, much nar- 

 rower in front; sutures of the parapsides indistinct; axillae ap- 

 proaching very near to each other ; scutcheon somewhat convex, 

 nearly elliptical ; hind-chest rather long, obconical, slightly de- 

 clining: abdomen slightly increasing in breadth from the base to 

 the tip, flat, smooth, dark purple, tawny beneath at the base, a little 

 shorter and much narrower than the chest; metapodeon rather 

 longer than the following segments, which are of moderate and 



