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breadth ; club conical at the tip, a little broader than the tenth 

 joint, and more than twice its length : chest elliptical : fore-chest 

 very short : shield of the mid-chest much narrower in front ; sutures 

 of the parapsides indistinct ; axillae large, approaching near to 

 each other ; scutcheon somewhat rhomboidal : hind-chest long, ob- 

 conical, declining, with a rim on each side : petiole stout, cylindri- 

 cal, shagreened, about one-sixth of the length of the abdomen : ab- 

 domen smooth, nearly elliptical, purplish bronze on the disk, blue 

 towards the base, deeply keeled beneath, nearly as broad as the 

 chest but very much shorter ; metapodeon long, occupying nearly 

 half the back ; octoon of moderate size ; ennaton and following 

 segments very short : legs luteous ; hips and the greater part 

 of the thighs green ; middle-feet and hind-feet yellow, their tips 

 and those of the fore-feet piceous : wings colourless ; veins piceous ; 

 ulna little more than half the length of the humerus ; radius very 

 little longer than the ulna ; cubitus more than half the length of the 

 ulna ; wing-brand very small. Length of the body 1 line ; of the 

 wings 2 lines. 



LAMPKOTATUS Mallius. Mas. jEneo-viridit, antennis nigris, 

 pedibus fulvis^ femoribus viridi cinctis, metatibiis apice tar- 

 sisque piceis, alis fuscis. Page 111. 



Coppery green, convex : head and chest very finely shagreeiied, 

 appearing almost smooth : head a little broader than the chest : 

 eyes and eyelets red : feelers black, filiform, longer than the chest ; 

 first joint long, slender, green ; second cup-shaped ; third and 

 fourth very small ; fifth and following joints long, linear, of nearly 

 equal length ; club spindle-shaped, much longer than the tenth 

 joint : chest oval : fore-chest transverse, narrower in front ; its 

 length above one-fourth of its breadth ; the hind border concave : 

 shield of the mid-chest rather long ; parapsides much developed, 

 their sutures very strongly marked ; axillae rather large, parted by 

 about one-fifth of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon subrhomboi- 

 dal, with a transverse suture near its tip, a longitudinal furrow on 

 each side, and a slight trace of a furrow proceeding from the middle 

 of the base towards the disk : hind-chest rather large, obconical, de- 

 clining ; its fore-shield distinct : petiole about one-seventh of the 

 length of the abdomen : abdomen oval, smooth, a little narrower 

 and much shorter than the chest ; metapodeon occupying nearly 

 half of the back, its disk concave from the base till near the tip : oc- 

 toon about half the length of the metapodeon ; ennaton much 

 shorter ; decaton and following segments still shorter : legs tawny ; 

 hips green ; feet piceous, the joints paler towards the base ; fore- 

 thighs and hind-thighs traversed by a broad green band ; tips 



