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f Genus Epophthalmia. Trigone and subtrigone 

 I of tho forewing always, and trigone of the 

 2-{ hind wing nearly always traversed . , 



I Trigone and subtrigone of foro and hindwing 

 [_ always free 



f Co3ta.l nervure black : Upper surface of front 

 nj and vertex steely metallic blue 



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[_ Costal nervure yellow . . 



f Four largish spots of yellow on the face and two 

 at base of labrum : yellow annules on the 

 abdomen very broad . . 



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I Only three yellow spots on face : yellow 

 [_ annules on the abdomen much narrower . . 



5 5 Upper surface of front steely black . . 

 ( Upper surface of front metallic blue . . 



f Genus Macromia. Discoidal field commencing 

 I with 2 or more rows of cells : anal loop 

 6-^ short and rounded and at least 3 cells wide, 

 I Discoidal field commencing with only 1 row of 

 I cells : anal loop narrow and elongate and 

 (_ not more than 2 cells in width 



f Front of thorax metallic blue, with a yellow, 

 j humeral band : costa outwardly yellow . . 

 !•{ Lower part of front of thorax reddish brown, 

 ! green metallic above : no humeral, yellow 

 1^ band . . . . , . 



Comparatively small species with hindwing 

 ca. 37-39 mm, abdomen ca. 44 mm. : face 

 brigbt yellow spotted with deep black : yel- 

 low markings on abdomen bright and sharply 

 defined . . 



Larger species with hindwing ca. 41-44 mm., 

 abdomen ca. 47-51 mm. : face yellowish 

 brown : j-ellov/ markings on abdomen more 

 sombre and diffuse 



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'Superior appendages of male brown mth an 

 external spine at the middle : inferior 

 appendages reddish : 10th abdominal seg- 

 ment bearing a bituberculated eminence on 

 the dorsal carina 



9-( Superior appendages of male black with an 

 external spine situated nearer the apex than 

 the base : inferior appendages black, of the 

 same length as superior ; 10th abdominal 

 segment bearing a trituberculated eminence 

 on the dorsal carina . . 



Epophthalmia cyano- 

 cephala, Hagen. 



Epophthalmia fron- 

 talis, Selys. 



E. vittata, Burm. 

 E. vittigera, Ramb. 



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Macromia cingulata, 

 Ramb. 



Macromia flavici^ic- 

 ta, Selys. 



Macromia moorei, 

 Selys. 



Macromia trituber- 

 culata, Fraser. 



