74 STItATIOMTID^E, 



Table of Species. 



1. Body aeneous or metallic 2. 



Body never metallic; yellowish, with darker 



markings ; anterior cross-veins at tip of 

 prasfurca 3. 



2. Anterior cross-vein at tip of prsef urea ; body 



aeneous blue, green, or black ; femora orange ; [p. 75. 



wings exceptionally long longipennis, Wied., 



Anterior cross-vein much before tip of pras- 

 furca; body shining violet ($); femora 



black ; wings of normal length cyaneus, Brum, p. 75. 



8. Wings wholly dark brown aurobrunneus, sp. n., 



Wings never wholly dark brown, either [p;'-76. 



yellowish on basal and blackish on apical 

 half or practically uniform yellowish grey . . 4. 



4. Wings yellowish on about basal half, blackish 



on remainder 5. 



Wings uniformly yellowish or yellowish grey 

 (or practically so) 7. 



5. Genitalia black; tarsi always more or less 



dark ; wings yellow only up to just beyond 



discal cell 6. 



Genitalia fulvous ; tarsi orange to tips ; wings 



yellow nearly up to halfway between discal 



cell and wing-tip toulpii, Brum, p. 77. 



<j. First four abdominal segments orange, w r ith or 



without darker transverse spots or bands, 



these segments generally similarly marked ; [p. 78. 



rest of abdomen black aurifer, Walk., 



First four abdominal segments orange, 4th with 



a large round black spot, conspicuously dif- 

 ferent from the other segments apicalis. Lw., p. 77. 



7. Front metatarsus nearly as long as tibia; whole 



front tarsus proportionately much longer than 



in ceylonicus, and brown from tip of 1st joint 



to tip of tarsus ; hind tarsus all white, except 



extreme hase of metatarsus ; 1st abdominal 



segment with blackish band ; posterior cross- [p. 79. 



vein practically absent; long. 10-12 mm. . . austral is, Sch., 

 Front metatarsus much shorter than tibia ; 



whole front tarsus proportionately much 



shorter than in australis, and only last 



three joints brown; hind metatarsus all 



hlack ; 2nd joint and part of 3rd yellowish 



white or white, rest dark brown or black ; 



1st abdominal segment without cross-band, 



but sometimes a little darker in middle; 



posterior cross-vein distinctly present ; long. 



14-18 mm cingulatus, Lw., 



[var. ceylonicus, nov., p. 80. 



