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viridis, antennis nigris, alis limpidis, pedibus nigris, genubus tarsisque 

 fulvis, tibiis tarsisque anticis subfuscis ; Mas. proboscide fulvo ; Fcem. 

 proboscide fusco. Long, l-2 ; alar. 4-4 lin. 



Body bright coppery-green or bluish-green, clothed with very short 

 whitish hairs. Eyes green, here and there reddish-purple. Antenna 

 black. Wings colourless, sometimes pale brown along the fore border ; 

 veins pale brown. Halteres yellow or tawny. Abdomen sometimes 

 purple. Legs black ; knees and tarsi tawny ; fore tibia tawny ; fore tarsi 

 pale brown. Male. Proboscis tawny. Fern. Proboscis brown. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. pallipes, Mg. zw. vi. 311. 31 (1830); Ztt.politus var., Mn. 

 Viridis, antennis fuscis basi fulvis, thoracis lateribus flavo-vittatis, alis 

 limpidis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus posterioribus nigris, tibiis posticis apice 

 fuscis. Long. 1^-lf ; alar. 3^-4 lin. 



Bright green, sometimes coppery or bluish-green. Proboscis tawny. 

 Ardennes brown ; first and second joints tawny. Thorax with a yellow 

 stripe along each side. Wings colourless; veins pale tawny. Hal- 

 teres yellow or tawny. Legs tawny ; posterior femora mostly black or 

 greenish-black ; hind tibiae brown towards the tips. 



Generally distributed. (E. S.) 



4. flavicornis, Mg. zw. iii. 112. 10 (1822); Mq. -polita v., Ztt. 

 pallipes v., Ztt. Viridis, antennis fulvis, thoracis lateribus flavo-vittatis, 

 alis limpidis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus posterioribus nigris, tibiis posticis 

 apice fusco- cinctis. Long. 1 J-l ; alar. 3-3^ lin. 



Bright green or bluish-green. Proboscis and antennae tawny. 

 Thorax with a yellow stripe along each side. Wings colourless, some- 

 times pale tawny along the fore border ; vein pale tawny. Halteres 

 yellow or tawny. Abdomen sometimes bright cupreous or cupreous- 

 black. Legs tawny ; posterior femora more or less black ; hind tibia 

 most frequently with a brown band near each tip. 



Generally distributed. (E. S.) 



5. cyaneiyentris, Ztt. d. s. i. 156. 4 (1842). Aureo-viridis, 

 antennis halteribus pedibusque flavis, abdomine violaceo, femoribus pos- 

 terioribus late nigro-cinctis ; Fcem. fronte violacea. Long. 1 ; alar. 

 3 lin. 



Golden-green. Antenna? and halteres yellow. Abdomen violet. 

 Legs yellow ; a broad black band on each of the posterior femora. 

 Fern. Front violet. 



Rare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (I.) 



