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hinclwaid, hardly longer than the thorax. Legs yellow ; coxae 

 and femora black, the latter with yellow tips; anterior tibiae 

 marked with black; hind-tibiae with a broad black band ; ungues 

 and pulvilli black. Wings slightly cinereous ; veins black; ulna 

 about half the length of the humerus, nearly twice the length of 

 the radius. 



Length of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Port Natal. Discovered by Mr. Plant. In the British 

 Museum. 



Genus Agamerion, Halliday. 

 Agamerion Gelo. 



Fcem. — Laete viride, cyaneo et purpureo varium ; abdomen 

 cupreum, longi-ovatum, acutum, basi aureo-viride ; tarsi 

 anteriores obscure fulvi ; alae fuscescente cinereae. 



Agamerion Gelo, Walk. (List Chal. Brit. Mus.) 



Female. — Bright green, varied with blue and with purple. Head 

 and thorax extremely minutely and closely punctured. Head as 

 broad as the thorax. Prothorax well developed. Sutures of the 

 parapsides very indistinct; scutellum large. Metathorax short. 

 Petiole extremely short. Abdomen smooth, elongate-oval, acute, 

 bright cupreous, golden green at the base, convex above, keeled 

 beneath, a little shorter and narrower than the thorax. Hind- 

 coxae and hind-femora incrassated ; hind-tibise curved, beset with 

 short bristles; anterior tarsi dark tawny; hind-tarsi black. Wings 

 brownish cinereous ; veins black ; ulna much shorter than the 

 humerus, much longer than the radius; cubitus rather long; 

 stigma very small. 



Length of the body 8| lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Adelaide. In the British Museum. 



The previous description of this species is incomplete. 



Genus AxiMA. 



Fcem. — Corpus elongatum. Caput et thorax scabra. Caput 

 brevissimum, antice bidentatum, thorace latius. Oculi fere 

 petiolati. Antennae filiformes, 13-articulatae, thorace non 

 longiores ; articulus lus gracilis; 2us brevis ; clava longi- 

 conica. Thorax sub-gibbosus. Prothorax sub-quadratus. 

 Scutum breve; parapsidum suturae indistinctae ; scutellum 

 carinatum. Metathorax magnus, declivis. Petiolus longus, 

 linearis, tricarinatus. Abdomen lanceolatum, compressum, 

 glabrura, thorace longius ; segmenta l""", 2""* et 3"™ brevia ; 



