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than one-fourth of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon subrhom- 

 boidal : hind-chest large, obconical, declining, with a ridge along 

 the middle and a rim on each side: petiole very short : abdomen 

 spindle-shaped, smooth, coppery purple, bright green at the base, 

 depressed above, keeled beneath, as long and as broad as the chest ; 

 metapodeon occupying nearly one-fourth of the back ; octoon and 

 three following segments tolerably long, nearly equal in size ; pa- 

 ratelum and telum short : legs tawny ; hips green ; thighs striped 

 with green ; four hinder-knees and feet yellow, tips of the latter 

 tawny : wings tawny, rather narrow ; veins of the same colour ; ul- 

 na more than half the length of the humerus ; radius a little 

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

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

 IJline. 



PTEROMALUS Allutius. Fem. Viridis, cyaneo cupreo purpu- 

 reoque varius, antennis nigris, pedibus fulvis, alls subfulvis. 

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Body rather short : head and chest convex, finely shagreened : 

 head green, a little broader; than the chest: eyes and eyelets red: 

 feelers black, clavate, a little shorter than the chest; first joint 

 tawny, long, and very slender ; 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, 

 purplish copper, not much developed : fore-chest very short ; its 

 length less than one-tenth of its breadth ; hind-border slightly 

 concave : shield of the mid-chest short ; sutures of the parapsides 

 very indistinct, almost obsolete ; axillas parted by one-third of the 

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

 along each side : petiole very short : abdomen oval, smooth, varied 

 with blue, purple, green, and copper-colour, flat above, slightly 

 keeled beneath, broader but scarcely longer than the chest ; meta- 

 podeon occupying about one-fifth of the back ; octoon and all the 

 following segments of moderate and nearly equal length : legs taw- 

 ny ; hips coppery ; four hinder-knees and feet yellow ; tips of the 

 feet brown : wings rather small, with a very slight tawny tinge ; 

 veins pale yellow ; ulna less than half the length of the humerus ; 

 radius a little longer than the ulna ; cubitus much shorter than the 

 radius ; wing-brand very small. Length of the body J line ; of the 

 wings 1 J line. 



