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latter being ftpparciitly entitlt'(l to the name C. quartimcy 

 GriLo'.lo, The I'ollowing characters are distinctive ot" 



lattci 



Gi 



caru/ei/rous : — 



Expanse 22i mm. Size and general appearance of C. niti- 

 dtda ; spots a beautiful i)urpl('-blue ; Hcutellum W-shaped, 

 entirely black, no white hair pnijeeting from notch ; anterior 

 wings dark fuscous ; face blue, tlie middle third above 

 aatennae black ; pleura with a bh\ck transverse band ; blue 

 spots on thorax as follows — one on each side of prolhorax, 

 contiguous with a cuneate one (pointing laterad) on meso- 

 thorax, middle of anterior margin of mesothorax with a 

 cuneate mark pointing caudad, a small round spot on each 

 side of disc, and a hook-shapi-d mark on each side jiosteriorly. 

 Abdomen with the first segment blue, except a narrow median 

 line, widening into a subquadrate (hut-shaped) mark, which 

 rests on a dark band along the hind margin, narrowing 

 laterally ; segments 2 to 4 with broad bands, narrowly 

 interrupted in the middle, the band on 2 with the two divisions 

 somewliat curved; posterior side of hind tibiae mainly blue. 



Related to C. basalts, Friese. 



Crocisa verticalis, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 10 mm., expanse 23. 



Anterior wings dark fuscous, hardly spotted. Similar to 

 C. ccerulei/rons, with purple markings, but marks on abdomen 

 greatly reduced, as follows : Jirst segment with only a vertical 

 I'lue bar on each side, not reaching its base or apex ; segments 

 2 to 5 each with a lateral transverse blue bar, short and not 

 at all widened laterad (representing very widely interrupted 

 bands). Scutellum practically as in cceruleifrons, but strongly 

 and very distinctly punctured (feebly punctured in ca-rulei- 

 frons) ; mesothorax with a pair of longitudinally oval discal 

 spots and a small spot near each posterior lateral corner, 

 also a pair of very small bars or spots on anterior edge, but 

 no median band or mark ; face ornamented about as in 

 co'i'ulei/rons, but the black region above antennte con- 

 spicuously wider than the lateral ones ; pleura black with an 

 oblong blue spot ; hind tibiie black with a large blue spot on 

 basal half, middle tibire similarly marked ; anterior tibiie 

 maiidy blue behind; lower side of third s.m. broader than 

 in cceruleifrons. 



Kelated to C. jmlchella, Guer., and C. iiana, Friese. 



Ilah. Amboina; "Paso, VSdii" {II. O.Forbes). Type 

 in British Museum. 



