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and purple tints above and also beneath. Abdomen smooth, 

 shining bkie-black, and with fine scattered punctures. 



The male resembles the female in coloration, the abdomen 

 being of a brighter blue. 



Hah. Sumatra. 



Mygnimia jpurpureipennis. 



Female. Length 12 lines. Black ; the head, pro- and meso- 

 thorax blue, with tints more or less vivid in different lights ; 

 the legs partaking of tints of blue and purple, spinose, the 

 posterior tibia with a double row of strong seiTations ; the 

 metathorax with raised lateral mare-ins, and with irrefful 



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lar 



transverse carinse ; the wings brilliant purple. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining, and with vivid changeable tints of blue 

 and purple. 



The male resembles the female, but has the legs less spi- 

 nose, and the posterior tibiae not serrated. 



Hah. Java. 



Mygnimia riiomentosa. 



Male. Length 18^ lines. Black, with brown wings, the two 

 apical segments of the abdomen pale. Head and thorax of a 

 velvet-black, the latter covered above with a short black pile ; 

 the clypeus truncate, the labrum rounded, its margin with a 

 small notch in the middle, and narrowly and obscurely fer- 

 ruginous. The postscutellum compressed and forming a small 

 ferruginous tubercle ; wings dark brown, darkest toward their 

 base, their apical margins with a narrow pale border. Abdo- 

 men smooth and shining towards the base, and velvet-black 

 on the fourth and fifth segments, the two a23ical ones of an 

 olive colour, and covered with a short hoary pile. 



Hah. Borneo. 



This fine species was obtained from the late Dr. Ormerod. 



Mygnimia pulchripennis. 



Female. Length 13 lines. Black -^ the cheeks and thorax 

 with thinly scattered black pubescence, the coxaj also pubes- 

 cent ; the clypeus narrowed anteriorly, where it is truncate 

 and slightly emarginate ; the mandibles ferruginous at their 

 apex ; the legs spinose, the spines short, thickly set on the 

 tarsi ; the posterior tibise with a double row of serrations ; 

 the metathorax pubescent, and, posteriorly, with a few lateral 

 transverse elevated lines ; wings very dark brown, Avith a 

 vivid tint of green ; the apical and posterior margins narrowly 

 purple. Abdomen smooth, slightly shining, and finely, but 



