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conical, longer than the preceding joint : chest long-elliDtical : 

 fore-chest rather long, short-conical, its length full one-half of its 

 hreadth : sutures of the parapsides very distinct ; axillae parted by 

 one-fourth of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon subrhomboidal : 

 hind-chest well developed, obconical, declining, almost smooth, with 

 a ridge along the back ; its fore-shield rather long : petiole very 

 short : abdomen bronze colour, slightly tinged with green, smooth, 

 elliptical, depressed above, slightly keeled beneath, about as long 

 and as broad as the chest ; metapodeon occupying about one-sixth 

 of the back ; the following segments of moderate size : legs tawny ; 

 hips green : wings slightly tawny ; veins tawny ; ulna as long 

 as the humerus ; radius much shorter than the ulna ; cubitus not 

 half the length of the radius ; wing-brand very small. Length of 

 the body 1 \ line ; of the wings 2j lines. 



DIGLYPHUS Poppoea. Fern. Viridis, cyaneo purpureo ceneoque 

 varius, antennis nigris basi albis, pedibus viridibus albo-cinc- 

 tis, alls limpidis. Page 145. 



Head blue, nearly smooth, bronze on the crown, impressed 

 above, prominent in front, not broader than the chest : eyes and 

 eyelets red : feelers black, stout, clavate, shorter than the chest ; 

 first joint long, slender, white towards the base ; second of moderate 

 size ; third and fourth broader ; club long-conical, twice the length 

 of the preceding joint : chest green, elliptical : fore-chest extremely 

 short : shield broad, nearly flat above ; sutures of the parapsides 

 obsolete ; axillse parted by nearly one-half of the breadth of the 

 chest ; scutcheon nearly obconical, with a suture along each side : 

 hind-chest well developed, obconical, slightly declining, nearly 

 smooth, with a slight ridge along the back ; fore-shield large, about 

 one-half of the length of the following segment : petiole very short : 

 abdomen smooth, elliptical, purplish bronze, green at the base, blue 

 at the tip, depressed above, slightly keeled beneath, shorter but 

 hardly broader than the chest ; metapodeon occupying full one-half 

 of the back ; octoon and ennaton rather large ; the following seg- 

 ments extremely short : hips and thighs green ; shanks piceous with 

 a green tinge ; feet and tips of thighs and of shanks white ; fore- 

 shanks, fore-feet, and tips of four hinder-feet tawny : wings colour- 

 less ; veins piceous ; ulna nearly as long as the humerus ; radius 

 much shorter than the ulna ; cubitus not half the length of the ra- 

 dius ; wing-brand small. Length of the body J- line ; of the wings 

 1 J line. 



