and Characters of uyidescrilied Sjiecies. 377 



slender, a little longer than the abdomen. Abdomen cupreous, 

 smooth, compressed, high, triangular when viewed laterally, about 

 half the breadth of the thorax and little more than half its length, 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle with the petiole. Legs reddish ; 

 coxa; cupreous. Wings brownish cinereous, narrow; veins black; 

 ulna much shorter than the humerus, much longer than the radius; 

 cubitus extremely short. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines, 

 Sydney. Discovered by Mr. Stutchbury. In the British 

 Museum. 



Eucharis delicatula. 

 Mas. — Cyaneo-viridis ; antenna nigrae, setacese, basi pallide 

 flavse ; metathorax purpureus ; petiolus purpureus, gracil- 

 limus, abdomine multo brevior ; abdomen cupreum, longi- 

 ovatum, subtus flavescens, thorace non brevius; pedes pallide 

 flavi; alae sub-cinerese. 



Male. — Bluish-green. Head very short, thinly and minutely 

 punctured, a little broader than the thorax. Antennae black, 

 setaceous ; scape pale yellow. Thorax very thickly punctured, 

 in structure like that of E. smaragdina. Metathorax mostly 

 purple. Petiole purple, linear, very slender, much shorter than 

 the abdomen. Abdomen cupreous, smooth, compressed;, elongate- 

 oval, yellowish on each side and beneath, much narrower, but not 

 shorter, than the thorax. Legs pale yellow. Wings slightly 

 cinereous ; basal calli pale yellow ; veins black ; ulna shorter than 

 the humerus, much longer than the radius. 



Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 5 lines. 



Australia J \ In the British Museum. 



Eucharis implexa. 

 Fcem. — Cuprea; caput antice viride ; antennae piceae, filiformes, 

 gracillimae, basi fulvae ; scutum latissimum, scitissime striatum ; 

 metathorax magnus, viridis ; petiolus aeneo-niger, gracilis ; 

 abdomen nigrum, longi-ellipticum, supra concavum, thorace 

 non longius ; pedes pallide flavi ; alae limpidae. 



Female. — Cupreous. Head very short, nearly smooth, green 

 in front, a little narrower than the thorax. Antennae piceous, fili- 

 form, very slender, not longer than the thorax ; scape tawny. 

 Thorax gibbous, minutely punctured. Prothorax extremely short. 

 Scutum very broad, transversely and very finely striated, in- 

 distinctly separated from the parapsides ; the latter with tlie disk 



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