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Abdomen short, lanceolate, smooth, convex above, keeled beneath, 

 purplish at the tip, not longer than the thorax. Legs black, 

 hardly stout ; tarsi whitish, with black tips. Wings brown- 

 cinereous J veins black ; ulna not one-fourth of the length of the 

 humerus, much shorter than the radius. 



Length of the body SJ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



St. Paul. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



^ Genus Lycisca. 



Lycisca hastata. 

 Fcem. — Splendide viridis, longa, gracilis ; antennae nigrse ; tho- 

 racis suturae cuprese ; scutellum apice cyaneo-purpureum ; 

 metathorax purpureus, lateribus viridibus; abdomen cupreum, 

 longissimum, scitissime punctatum, basi rufura, apicem versus 

 filiforme, apice viridi ; pedes rufescentes, tibiis apice tar- 

 sisque nigris, femoribus anticis incrassatis ; alae anticae sub- 

 fuscescentes. 



Female. — Brilliant green, long, slender. Head and thorax 

 thickly punctured. Head a little broader than the thorax ; face 

 nearly vertical. Antennae black ; first joint cupreous, inserted at 

 some distance from the mouth. Thorax cupreous along the 

 sutures. Prothorax well developed, attenuated in front. Sutures 

 of the parapsides very distinct ; scutellum bluish-purple at the 

 tip. Metathorax purple, transverse, short, bright green on each 

 side. Abdomen sessile, lanceolate, very long, much attenuated, 

 very finely punctured, flat above, keeled beneath, red at the base, 

 cupreous hindward, more than twice the length of the thorax ; 

 apical part filiform, very long, dark purplish-aeneous, bright green 

 at the tip. Legs reddish ; coxae bright green ; tibiae towards the 

 tips and tarsi black ; fore-femora incrassated ; fore-tibiae short, 

 slightly dilated beneath. Wings cinereous. Fore-wings slightly 

 brownish-tinged; veins black; ulna much more than half the 

 length of the humerus, a little shorter than the radius ; cubitus 

 continued nearly to the tip of the wing by a supplementary slightly 

 curved vein, which is emitted by the stigma ; a blackish spot at 

 the end of the hutnerus and another on the stigma. 



Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



Ega. Discovered by Mr. Bates. \x\ the British Museum. 



Lycisca apicalis. 

 Fcem. — Laete cyaneo- viridis ; antennae nigrae ; thorax sat brevis ; 

 scutum et scutellum cuprea ; abdomen lanceolatum, scitissime 

 punctatum, apicem versus purpurascens, filiforme; pedes rufi ; 



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