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metapodeon occupying much more than half of the back ; octoon 

 and ennaton of moderate size ; decaton and following segments very 

 short : legs piceous ; hips green ; knees and fore-shanks pale pi- 

 ceous : wings brown, long and large ; veins dark piceous ; ulna 

 about half the length of the humerus ; radius nearly twice the 

 length of the ulna ; cubitus full half the length of the ulna ; wing- 

 brand large. Length of the body 1-lJ line ; of the wings 2-2-J 

 lines. 



Var. a. Head and chest green. 



Var. /3. Head and chest brassy green. 



Female. Head broader than the chest: feelers subclavate, 

 longer than the chest ; joints from the fifth to the tenth successively 

 decreasing in length : abdomen oval, convex above, keeled beneath, 

 as broad as the chest, but much shorter; metapodeon occupying 

 more than half the back ; octoon rather large ; ennaton and follow- 

 ing segments very short. 



LAMPROTATUS Pycnos. Mas. Cyaneo-viridis, abdomine cupreo 

 vario, antennis nigris, tibiis fulvis apice tarsisque piceis, alls 

 subgriseis. Page 111. 



Bluish green : head and chest convex, shagreened : head a 

 little broader than the chest : eyes and eyelets red : feelers black, 

 filiform, longer than the chest; first joint green, long, slender; 

 second cup-shaped ; third and fourth very small ; fifth and follow- 

 ing joints successively decreasing in length ; club spindle-shaped, 

 much longer than the tenth joint: chest oval: fore-chest short; 

 its breadth above more than twice its length : sutures of the parap- 

 sides distinct ; axillae large, approaching near to each other ; 

 scutcheon subrhomboidal, with a very slight transverse suture near 

 its tip : hind-chest blue, rather large, obconical, declining : petiole 

 very short : abdomen smooth, flat, nearly linear, contracted at the 

 base, varied with blue and copper-colour, shorter and rather narrower 

 than the chest ; metapodeon occupying about half of the back ; oc- 

 toon and ennaton of moderate size ; decaton and following segments 

 short : legs tawny ; hips and thighs green, the latter and especially 

 the fore-thighs tawny towards their tips ; middle-shanks and hind- 

 shanks with piceous tips, each having also a broad brown band near 

 the base ; feet piceous, hind-feet somewhat paler than the other 

 feet : wings with a very slight gray tinge ; ulna rather more than 

 half the length of the huinerus ; radius much longer than the ulna; 

 cubitus more than half the length of the ulna ; wing-brand of 

 moderate size. Length of the body Ij line ; of the wings 2 

 lines. 



