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conical, more than twice the length of the eleventh joint : chest el- 

 liptical ; fore-chest very short, hardly seen above ; shield of the 

 middle-chest rather long ; sutures of the parapsides strongly marked ; 

 axilla? separated by nearly one half the breadth of the chest ; 

 scutcheon long, nearly rhomboidal : hind-chest short, transverse, 

 declining : petiole very short : abdomen spindle-shaped, smooth, 

 shining, depressed above, hardly keeled beneath : leos long ; middle 

 shanks twice the length of the fore-shanks and a little longer than 

 the hind-shanks ; middle-feet a little longer than the other feet. 



MACROMESUS Amphiretus. Fern. jtEneus cyaneo viridi pur- 

 pureoque varius, antennis piceis, pedibus fulvis, alis subfuscis. 

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Body rather slender : head and chest bronze, slightly varied 

 with green : feelers very slender, piceous, a little longer than the 

 chest : first joint reddish yellow : front of the head varied with 

 purple, blue and green : abdomen purple-bronze, slightly tinged 

 with green at the base, rather hairy towards the tip, longer and a 

 little broader than the chest : legs reddish yellow ; tips of the feet 

 brown ; wings very slightly tinged with brown ; veins brown ; ulna 

 rather more than half the length of the humerus ; radius much 

 shorter than the ulna ; cubitus a little shorter than the radius ; wing- 

 brand of moderate size. Length of the body H line ; of the wings 

 2j line. Allied to Merosteuus and the Eupelmidse ? 



Pi RENE Scylax. Mas. Viridis, antennis nigris, genubus, tar- 

 sis tibiisque apice fulvis, tibiis propedibusque piceis, alis 

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Dark green : head broader than the chest : eyes red : feelers 

 black, clavate, shorter than the chest ; first joint much dilated ; se- 

 cond cup-shaped ; third and following joints very small ; club large, 

 oval : abdomen compressed, nearly as long as the chest : hips and 

 thighs dark green ; knees, feet, and tips of shanks tawny ; shanks 

 and fore-feet piceous : wings colourless ; veins piceous ; ulna nearly 

 as long as the humerus ; radius not more than one-fourth of the 

 length of the ulna ; cubitus a little shorter than the radius ; wing- 

 brand small. Length of the body f line ; of the wings 1^ line. 



OBMOCEBUS Sabbas. Fern. Cyaneo-viridis, antennis fuscis 

 basi viridibus, tibiis viridi-piceis, tarsis flams, alis limpidis. 

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Bright bluish green: head and chest convex, finely shagreened ; 



