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PTEROMALUS Cepio. Fern. Cyaneo-viridis, abdominis disco 

 purpureo, antennis piceis^pedibus fulvis^ alls limpidis. Page 

 127. 



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

 dark bluish green, broader than the chest ; feelers piceous ; first joint 

 tawny, slender, very long ; second darker, cup-shaped ; third and 

 fourth veiy small ; fifth and the following joints to the tenth trans- 

 verse, very short; club long-conical, more than twice the length of the 

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

 above about one-eigbth of its breadth ; hind-border concave : shield 

 of the mid-chest rather flat ; sutures of the parapsides very indis- 

 tinct ; axillae parted by about one-fourth of the breadth of the 

 chest ; scutcheon subrhomboidal : hind-chest rather short, slightly 

 obconical, declining, with a ridge on each side : petiole very short : 

 abdomen smooth, dark green, dark purple on the disk, depressed 

 above, slightly keeled beneath, a little narrower and shorter than 

 the chest ; metapodeon occupying about one-third of the back ; oc- 

 toon and following segments of moderate size : legs pale tawny ; 

 hips dark green ; thighs darker towards the base ; middle-feet and 

 hind-feet yellow with tawny tips : wings colourless ; veins pale 

 tawny ; ulna about half the length of the humerus ; radius not 

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

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

 line. 



PTEROMALUS Hyrtacina. Fern. Viridis, abdominis disco cu- 

 preo-purpureo, antennis pedibusque fulvis, metafemoribus 

 fusco vittatis, alls limpidis. Page 127. 



Green : head and chest convex, finely shagreened : head 

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

 clavate, rather longer than the chest ; first joint long, slender, taw- 

 ny, piceous at the tip ; second cup-shaped, piceous ; third and 

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

 successively decreasing in length ; club spindle-shaped, rather 

 broader than the tenth joint and about thrice its length : chest 

 nearly oval, rather short : fore-chest very short ; its length less 

 than one-tenth of its breadth : shield of the mid-chest broad ; su- 

 tures of the parapsides very indistinct ; axillae parted by one-fourth 

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

 along each side : hind-chest transverse, rather short, with a slight 

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

 abdomen spindle-shaped, smooth, depressed above, slightly keeled 



