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shaped : fore-chest very short ; its length above less than one-tenth 

 of its breadth ; hind-border concave : sutures of the parapsides in- 

 distinct ; scutcheon subrhomboidal, with a suture along each side : 

 hind-chest of moderate size, obconical, declining: petiole very 

 short : abdomen oval, smooth, coppery-purple, bright green at the 

 base, depressed above, slightly keeled beneath, shorter but not 

 broader than the chest ; metapodeon occupying about one-fourth of 

 its length ; octoon and following segments of moderate and nearly 

 equal size : legs bright luteous ; hips and thighs green ; four hinder 

 feet yellow with piceous tips : wings slightly tawny ; veins tawny ; 

 ulna more than half the length of the humerus ; radius longer 

 than the ulna ; cubitus much shorter than the ulna ; wing-brand 

 very small. Length of the body 1J- line ; of the wings 2f 

 lines. 



PTEROMALUS Acco. Fem. jEneo-viridis, abdomine purpureo 

 ceneo, basi viridi, antennis nigris, femoribus ceneis, alii ful- 

 vis. Page 120. 



Allied to P. deplanatus. Body dull brassy green : head and 

 chest convex, finely shagreened : head hardly broader than the 

 chest : eyes and eyelets red : feelers black, clavate, rather shorter 

 than the chest; first joint tawny, very long; second long-cup- 

 shaped ; third and fourth very small ; the following joints from the 

 fifth to the tenth short, closely joined together and successively de- 

 creasing in length ; club conical, more than twice the length of the 

 tenth joint : chest nearly elliptical : fore-chest very short ; its length 

 above less than one-tenth of its breadth ; hind-border rather con- 

 cave : shield of the mid-chest rather short and broad ; sutures of 

 the parapsides very indistinct ; axilla? parted by about one-fourth of 

 the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon subrhomboidal, with a suture 

 along each side : hind-chest of moderate size, obconical, declining, 

 with a ridge along the middle and a rim on each side : petiole very 

 short : abdomen nearly round, smooth, purplish bronze, green at 

 the base, depressed above, hardly keeled beneath, much shorter 

 than the chest, its length scarcely exceeding its breadth ; metapo- 

 deon occupying hardly one-third of the back ; octoon and two fol- 

 lowing segments of moderate length; the rest very short: legs 

 tawny ; hips and thighs brassy : wings tawny, rather narrow ; veins 

 dull tawny ; ulna hardly half the length of the humerus; radius a 

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

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

 line. 



