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eeneo-viridi apice purpureo ; Item, capite albo-bimaculato, abdomine 

 cyaneo-purpureo basi cupreo. Long. 4-4-1- ; alar. 8-9 lin. 



Body bright green, tinged here and there with cupreous, clothed 

 with pale tawny hairs. Head clothed in front with black hairs. Pro- 

 boscis tawny. Antennae black. Wings pale grey ; stigma dark brown ; 

 beneath it a large irregular brown spot extends half across tlie wing \ 

 veins black. Halteres tawny. Legs black ; tips of the femora, tibia, 

 and hinder tarsi at the base tawny. Male. Head with a dull tawny 

 spot on each side between the eyes above the antennae. Abdomen 

 aeneous-green, bright cupreous towards the tip, which is purple. Jem. 

 Head with a white spot on each side. Abdomen bluish-purple, cu- 

 preous towards the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. nubeculosus, Ztt. d. s. i. 157. 2 (1842). Cupreo-viridis, an- 

 tennis nigris, alis subcinereis fusco-semifasciatis, abdomine cupreo-pur- 

 pureo lateribus cyaneo-purpureo, pedibus nigris, genubus fulvis. Long. 

 2f ; alar. 5 J lin. 



Bright green with a cupreous tinge here and there, clothed with pale 

 tawny hairs. Eyes green, with purple bands. Proboscis tawny. An- 

 tennae black. Wings pale grey ; stigma dark brown, beneath it a large 

 irregular brown spot extends half across the wing ; veins black. Halteres 

 yellow. Abdomen cupreous-black, bluish-purple along each side. Legs 

 black ; knees dark tawny. 



Generally distributed. Perhaps a variety of S. cuprarim. (E. I.) 



3. iridatus, Spl. i. c. 340. 914 (1763). cuprarius, L. (in Linn. 

 Coll.). infuscatus, Hms. ; Mg. zw. iii. 107. 3 ; Ztt. auratus, Mg. 

 Cyaneo-viridis, capite albo-bimaculato, antennis nigris, alis cinereis, 

 pedibus nigris, genubus fulvis ; Mas. abdomine cupreo- basi aeneo-viridi ; 

 Fcem. abdomine purpureo basi aeneo. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Body bright bluish-green, clothed with pale tawny hairs. Head 

 with a white spot on each side above the antennae, clothed in front 

 with black hairs. Eyes green, with a purple band. Proboscis tawny. 

 Antennae black. Things grey ; veins black. Halteres tawny. Legs 

 black ; knees tawny. Male. Abdomen aeneous, green or aeneous-green 

 at the base, cupreous towards the tip. Fern. Abdomen purple, aeneous 

 at the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



4. flavipes, Fin. d. s. sppl. 9. 2-3 (1826); Ztt. Aureo-viridis, 

 capite albo-bimaculato, antennis nigris, alis fusco-cinereis ; Mas. abdo- 

 minis apice cupreo, pedibus nigris, tarsis posterioribus tibiisque basi 

 fulvis ; Fosm. capite nigro, verticis carina purpurea, abdomine cupreo 



ad apicem cyaneo-purpureo, pedibus fulvis, tibiis anticis fusco-cinctis. 

 Long. 3-4 ; alar. 6-8 lin. 



Body golden-green. Head clothed in front with black hairs; a 



