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Brassy-green. Front bluish. Antennae of the male rather shorter 

 than the thorax, arista half as long as the third joint. Second and 

 third segments of the abdomen often yellow at the sides, as well as 

 beneath. Femora and tibiae, fore coxae, anterior metatarsi, and base of 

 the hind pair, yellow. Hind legs stouter in the male, with the tibiae 

 and the tip of the femora more spiny, the metatarsus hairy in front 

 and armed at the base beneath with a hooked tooth, divided at the tip into 

 two points ; the femora usually blackish at the tip, sometimes the tibiae 

 also, this colour again extending more largely over them, and occupying 

 the entire tarsus ; and as it spreads the pubescence and spines of the 

 hind legs also become more abundant. 



Generally diffused and abundant. (E. S. I.) 



21. monile, (Hal. MSS.) Viridi-ceneum, fronte cyanea, pedibus 

 flavis, tarsis intermediis apice dilatatis, metatarso postico basi subtus dente 

 adunco setis appendiculato, Mas. Long. 1 ; alar. 2i lin. 



Brassy-green. Front bluish. Antennae half as long as the thorax ; 

 arista nearly as long as the antennae. Wings narrowed towards the 

 base. Abdomen with the second segment usually yellowish beneath 

 and at the sides. Legs and fore coxae yellow j tarsi and hind femora 

 dusky at the tip ; fore metatarsus slightly dilated at the tip, last two 

 joints of the middle tarsi dilated; hind metatarsus armed at the base 

 beneath with a sharp hooked tooth, fringed with some short curved bristles. 



Bare. (E.I.) 



22. pumilum, Mg. zw. iv. 53. 17 (1824); Mq. ; Hal. longiseta, 

 Ztt. ; Lw. Obscure ceneum, fronte cyanea, pedibus flavis, femoribus 

 anticis basi fuscis ; Mas. femoribus anterioribus basi setigeris, tarsi 

 antici articulo secundo dilatato. Long. 1; alar. 2^ lin. 



Dark brassy-green. Front blue. Antennae of the male shorter than 

 the thorax, the third joint notched inside only, arista more than half as 

 long as the antennae. Wings of the male narrowed towards the base. 

 Fringe of the alulae dusky. Femora, tibiae, and anterior metatarsi, 

 with the base of the hind pair, yellowish ; fore femora dusky at the 

 base. In the male the anterior femora have a few long bristles at the 

 base beneath, the hind pair are a little dusky at the tip, the Jirst joint 

 of the fore tarsus is longer than all the rest, the second dilated into a 

 tooth below, and the first joint of the middle tarsi has a few short 

 spines beneath. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



23. tarsatum, Fin. dol. 7. 4 (1823) ; Ztt.palmipes, Mg. ; Mq. 

 Obscure ceneum, fronte cyanea, abdomine subtus coxis pedibusque flams ; 

 Mas. tarsis intermediis tibiisque posticis apice dilatatis atris, metatarso 

 postico subtus spinis duabus imparibus. Long, l-i ; alar. 3 lin. 



Dull brassy. Front usually bluish. Antennae of the male a little 

 shorter than the thorax, the third joint oblong, with the tip obliquely 

 truncated and pointed above, the arista inserted before the tip and 



