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tipped with black. In the male, tJie hind femora wet fringed with long pale 

 hairs ; the fore tarsus is not much longer than the tibia, the three inter- 

 mediate joints clothed in front with very short erect pubescence, and the 

 first joint has a bristle at the tip. 

 Common. (E. S. I.) 



34. festivals, Hal. z. j. v. 361. 10 (lS3l).Macquarti, Stg.cili- 

 femoratus, Ztt. Var. Mq. ; Stn. Aureo-viridis, hypostomate candido, 

 antennis luteis supra apiceque fuscis, pedibus Jlavis, tibiis posticis apice 

 fuscis, tarsis nigris, metatarsis anterioribus Jlavis, alis vena subapicali 

 obtuse geniculata ; Mas. femoribus posticis pallido-ciliatis, tarsorum anti- 

 corum articulis intermediis hirtis subarcuatis, alis lineola costali nigra. 

 Long. 2-|; alar. 5 lin. 



Gilded-green. Front bluish-green. Face silvery-white in male, 

 more dull in female. Antenna tawny yellow, a little dusky on the 

 upper edge, the third joint short, triangular, rather obtuse, and dusky 

 at the tip ; arista rather long, the penultimate joint not more than one- 

 fourth (while in those preceding it is fully half) the length, of the last 

 joint. Wings broad, smoky-hyaline; the bend of the subapical vein 

 strong, but still obtuse-angled ; the black costal swelling in the male 

 short. Legs yellow ; fore coxse yellow, not quite denuded in the male ; 

 hind tibiae brown at the tip, with a slight pale streak in the male ; tarsi 

 black, anterior metatarsi yellow tipped with black. In the male the 

 kind femora are fringed with long pale hairs ; the fore tarsi are not 

 half as long again as the tibia, the three intermediate joints are a little 

 curved, concave in front, and clothed with long erect pubescence, and 

 the first and second have besides a curved bristle at the tip. 



Not uncommon. (E. S. I.) 



Obs. D. cilifemoratus, Mq. ; Stg. nitidus, Stn., has the bend 

 of the snbapical vein rectangular without a branch, the antennae 

 blackish only at the tip, the third joint longer than in D.festivus, 

 and the fore tarsus of the male not bearded. 



35. nitidus, Fin. dol. 12. 9 (1823); Ztt. ornatus, Mg. ; Stn.; 

 Stg. jucundus, Hal. Aureo-viridis, hypostomate candido, antennis 

 luteis supra apiceque nigris, pedibus flams, tibiis posticis apice tarsisque 

 fuscis, his basi pallidis, alis vena subapicali rectangulatim fracta appen- 

 diculata ; Mas. alis lineola costali nigra. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4f lin. 



Gilded-green ; front often bluish-green. Face white, silvery in male. 

 Antenna tawny yellow, the upper edge and the tip blackish ; third joint 

 short triangular. Wings broad, hyaline, darker in female ; the bend 

 of the subapical vein rectangular, with a little branch ; in the male a 

 black costal swelling. Black edge of lamellaB broad, denticulated, the 

 cilia long. Legs and fore coxse yellow, tibiaa and tarsi paler ; anterior 

 tarsi dusky at the tip ; hind tibia with a blackish spot at the tip ; hind 

 tarsi black, the metatarsus pale tipped with black. Very rarely, the 

 female has black antenna, only the lower edge of the first joint a little 



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