GYMNASTES. 



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cross-vein, its basal section short, the rest of the vein straight ; 

 anterior cross-vein nearly in a line with the basal section of the 

 3rd vein, situated at the base of the discal cell, the 1st posterior 

 cell having approximately parallel sides ; the 4th vein emerging 

 from the 5th at some considerable distance from its base, forming 

 a right angle, and in contact with the " kink " in the 1st longi- 

 tudinal vein immediately above ; upper branch of 4th vein forked 

 immediately on quitting the discal cell, the two veinlets springing 

 simultaneously and diverging, making the 2nd posterior cell 

 pointed at its basal end; discal cell quadrangular, very narrow, 

 slightly broader at the tip ; lower branch of 4th vein forming, 

 with its basal section, a gentle curve; posterior cross-vein 

 situated at the base of the discal cell, making the 4th posterior cell 

 nearly as long as the 2nd basal cell ; the 5th vein gently curved at 

 the tip, the 6th nearly straight, the 7th nearly straight, moderately 

 short, the wing-margin a little emarginate where the vein ends. 



314. Gynmastes violaceus, Srun. (PI. VIII, fig. 10.) 



Gymnastes violaceus, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 282 (Dec. 1911). 



cJ . Head : frons brilliantly shining violet-blue, with an isolated 

 hair here and there ; face below antenna? bkickish, dull. Proboscis 



Fig. 42. Gymnastes violaceus, Brun. 



yellowish, palpi brownish. Antennae brownish yellow, becoming 

 a little darker brown towards the tips ; with close yellowish white 

 pubescence on the flagellum, the scape bearing only a few short 

 bristly hairs. Thorax brilliantly shining violet-blue, an irregular 

 row of dorso-central short yellowish hairs ; scutellum blackish 



