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Genus Entedon. 



Entedon perturbatum. 



Mas. — Aureo-viride ; caput antice cyaneo-viride ; antennae 

 nigras, filiformes, basi cyaneo-virides; parapsidum suturse 

 indistinctae; petiolus brevis ; abdomen cupreum, breve, disco 

 basali flavescente ; pedes cyaneo-virides, tarsis posterioribus 

 albis ; alse hyalinse. 

 Male. — Golden green. Head and thorax rather largely punc- 

 tured. Head fully as broad as the thorax, bluish-green in front. 

 Antennae black, filiform, as long as the thorax, acuminated at the 

 tips ; scape bluish-green. Prothorax very short. Sutures of the 

 parapsides indistinct. Metathorax well developed. Petiole short. 

 Abdomen cupreous, smooth, short, elliptical, shorter than the 

 thorax; basal part of the disk dull yellowish. Legs bluish-green; 

 knees, tarsi, and tips of the tibiae, white ; fore-tarsi piceous. Wings 

 limpid ; veins brown ; ulna as long as the humerus ; radius and 

 cubitus very short. 



Length of the body 1 ^ line ; of the wings 2^ lines. 

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

 Museum. 



