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37. Hylotoma similliina. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 18.) 

 Hylotoma simillima, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. 1874, p. 37">. 

 Exp. al. 7-10 lin., long. corp. 4-5 lin. 



Blue-black, shining, but much duller than in similis; antennas 



black, shorter, ciliated in the male : legs dull blue-black. Wings 

 fusco-hyalinc, less strongly glossed with blue, and much clearer than 

 in similis. 



The form and size of the middle cells of the hind wings vary 

 very much in diiferent specimens, and even on different sides of the 

 same specimen. One specimen from the Amoor was placed with 

 //. similis; it appears to belong to simillima, but has the basal half 

 of the bind tibiae whitish. It is quite possible thai this speciea may 

 prove to be identical with //. berberidis; but 1 have not a sufficient 

 series of the latter to compare. 



Hab. Northern Asia. 



:; v . Hylotoma rejecta. 

 d'i Lte IV. fig. L6.) 



Hylotoma ephippiata, Smith, Trans. Ent, & ,' d. L874, p. 875. 

 Hylotoma humeralis, V iv.) Tij dschr. Ent. in. p. 129 



(1860). 



Exp. al. <i 7 lin.. long, corp. '■'< lin. 



Shining blue-black; prothorax, pleura, and sides of the : ■ ufo- 



testaceous, and the lateral lobes of the mesothorax wholly in (he 

 female, and sometimes partially in the male, of the same colour; 

 antennae black, rather Long; fronl tibiae obscurely ferruginous 

 within. Wings fusco-hy aline, violaceous. 



Hab. Japan. 



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39. Hylotoma captiva. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 14.) 

 Hylotoma captiva, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 

 Exp. al. 11 lin., long. corp. 5 lin. 



Dark violet-black ; thorax ferruginous ; pleura narrowly so ; scu- 

 tellum ferruginous in front, and black behind : thorax also edged 

 with black behind. Fore wings fusco-hyaline ; hind wings hyaline. 



Hah. Japan. 

 a. $ . (Type of speci Hiogo. 



