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obliquely striated. Scutellum less finely striated than the thorax. Pectus 

 and under side of abdomen metallic-green. Abdomen with lnleous spots 

 along each side. Femora blackish red. Fore wings extremely thickly and 

 minutely punctured; membrane lurid. Length of the body 13 lines. 



The thorax is more dilated on each side in front than that of P. 

 amethystinum. 



a. Mount Ophir. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



12. Pycanum stabile. 



Sordide rufescens ; capitis thoracisque lalera. pedesque nigra ; caput <eneo 

 subnitens ; thorax transverse el scite striatus, subtililer et sat sparse 

 punclatus, antice subg/aber, lateribus anticis dilatatis subreclangulatis 

 longitudinaliler striatis ; pectus viride ; abdomen maculis lateralibus 

 nigris, vittis dvabus ventralibus latissimis viridibus ; alee anticce 

 teneo-viridi subvarice, membrana cinerea. 



Dark dull red. Sides of the head, and of the thorax, legs and costa of 

 the fore wings at the base black. Head extremely minutely punctured, 

 with an aeneous tinge. Rostrum piceous. Thorax transversely and finely 

 striated, minutely and rather thinly punctured ; fore part nearly smooth ; 

 sides in front longitudinally striated, dilated and forming two rounded 

 right angles. Scutellum less finely striated than the thorax. Pectus 

 metallic-green ; lobes mostly bordered with tawny. Abdomen with black 

 lateral spots; underside with two very broad metallic-green stripes; disk 

 longitudinally and very finely striated. Fore wings extremely minutely 

 and thickly punctured, partly and slightly tinged with aeneous-green ; 

 membrane cinereous. Length of the body 15 lines. 



In the structure of the thorax it most resembles the Mount Ophir 

 specimen of P. ponderosum, and appears to be a link between that species 

 and the following one. 



a, Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



13. Pycanum smaragdiferum. 



Nigrum, sublux piceum ; caput et thorax anticus subameo-nigra ; anten- 

 narum arliculux 4ux apice rufescens; thorax transverse subslrialus, 

 sublililer et sat sparse punclatus, fascia antica glabra undulata 

 abbrcviata, lateribus anticis dilatatis subrectangulalis longitudinaliler 

 striatis; scutellum tranxverxe rugulosum, apice fulvinn ; pectus 

 smaragdino bipfagiatum ; abdomen gullis lateralibus fulvis, vittis 

 duabus indeterminatis plagaque subnpica/i smaragdinis ventralibus ; 

 coxa fulvce ; femora obscure viridia ; ahc anticce membrana ceneo- 

 fusca. 



Black, piceous beneath. Head and fore partof the thorax with a very 

 slight aeneous tinge. Head wilh a minutely punctured stripe. Second 

 joint of the antenna* a little longer than the third; fourth rather longer 

 than the second, reddish at the tip. Thorax very slightly transversely 

 Striated, minutely and rather thinly punctured, with an undulating 

 abbreviated smooth band near the fore border; fore sides dilated, longi- 

 tudinally striated, forming two rounded right angles. Scutellum trans- 

 Miscly rugulose, tawny at the tip. Pectus with a large emerald -green 



