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in length ; club oval, much broader than the tenth joint and more 

 than twice its length : chest elliptical : fore-chest very short ; its 

 length above about one-eighth of its breadth ; hind-border very 

 slightly concave : shield of the middle-chest rather long ; sutures of 

 the parapsides rather indistinct on each side and almost obsolete be- 

 fore they reach the hind-border; axillae parted by about one-fourth 

 of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon subrhomboidal : hind-chest 

 short, transverse : petiole very short : abdomen oval, smooth, green- 

 ish blue, depressed above, hardly keeled beneath, a little longer and 

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

 the back ; octoon and following segments of moderate and nearly 

 equal length : hips and thighs green ; shanks and tips of four 

 hinder- feet piceous ; knees, feet, and tips of shanks tawny : wings 

 colourless ; veins brown ; ulna less than half the length of the hu- 

 merus ; radius much longer than the ulna ; cubitus shorter than 

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

 wings 2J- lines. 



PTEROMALUS Etearchus. Fern. Viridis, abdomine purpureo- 

 viridi, antennis nigris, pedibus flavo-luteis, alls subfulvis. 

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Body green : head and chest convex, finely shagreened : head 

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

 clavate, rather slender, not longer than the chest ; first joint long, 

 slender, tawny, black at the tip ; second cup-shaped ; third and 

 fourth very small ; the following joints from the fifth to the tenth 

 successively decreasing in length ; club oval, much broader than the 

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

 chest very short ; its length less than one-tenth of its breadth ; hind- 

 border slightly concave : shield of the middle-chest rather long ; 

 sutures of the parapsides very indistinct ; axilla? parted by rather 

 less than one-fourth of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon sub- 

 rhomboidal, with a suture along each side : hind-chest rather short, 

 declining, with a ridge along the middle and a rim on each side : 

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

 above, keeled and tawny beneath, narrower and very much longer 

 than the chest ; disk tinged with purple ; metapodeon occupying 

 about one-sixth of the back; octoon and three following segments 

 of moderate and nearly equal size ; paratelum and telum shorter : 

 legs luteous ; four hinder-shanks and feet bright yellow ; tips of 

 the latter brown : wings with a tawny tinge ; veins tawny ; ulna 

 rather broad, about half the length of the humerus ; radius a little 

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

 brand small. Length of the body ] line; of the wings If 

 line. 



