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nearly equal size ; legs yellow ; hips and thighs green ; shanks 

 tawny : wings slightly brown ; veins brown ; ulna much shorter 

 than the humerus ; radius a little longer than the ulna ; cubitus 

 rather long, about half the length of the radius ; wing-brand 

 small Length of the body li line ; of the wings 1 J line. 



Gastrancistrus Pacilus. Fern. Purpureus viridi varius, tere- 

 bra abdominis trientis longitudine, antennis nigris, femo-> 

 ribus ceneis tibiis fuscis, tarsis Jlavis, alis limpidis. Page 

 105. 



Purple, rather hairy: head and chest convex, finely sha- 

 greened ; head not broader than the chest ; crown tinged with 

 green ; eyes and eyelets dark red ; feelers black, clavate, rather 

 hairy, 13-jointed, a little shorter than the chest; first joint long, 

 linear, brassy ; second cup-shaped ; third and fourth very small ; 

 fifth and following joints successively decreasing in length; club 

 conical, broader than the tenth joint and more than twice its 

 length : chest nearly elliptical, tinged with green ; fore-chest very 

 small, hardly seen above ; shield of the middle chest rather long ; 

 sutures of rhe parapsides strongly marked ; axillae separated by full 

 one-third the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon nearly rhomboidal ; 

 hind-chest transverse, short, slightly declining ; petiole very short : 

 abdomen smooth, shining, rather hairy, nearly elliptical, slightly 

 varied with green, depressed above, keeled beneath, a little nar- 

 rower but not shorter than the chest ; metapodeon long ; oc- 

 toon and following segments shorter ; sheaths of the oviduct black, 

 hairy, nearly one-third of the length of the abdomen ; hips and 

 thighs brassy ; shanks brown ; knees and feet yellow, tips of the lat- 

 ter brown : wings colourless ; veins brown ; ulna about half the 

 length of the humerus ; radius shorter than the ulna ; cubitus 

 shorter than the radius, very slender; wing-brand rather large. 

 Length of the body f line ; of the wings 1 \ line. 



Gastrancistrus Lcelianus. Fern. Viridi-cyaneus, abdominis 

 disco ceneo, oviductu brevi, antennis nigris, tarsis Jlavis, alis 

 limpidis. Page 105. 



Greenish blue : head and chest convex, finely shagreened ; 

 head a little broader than the chest : eyes and eyelets red : feelers 

 black, clavate, shorter than the chest; first joint green, long, slen- 

 der ; second cup-shaped ; third and fourth very small ; fifth and 

 following joints short, transverse, successively decreasing in length ; 

 club conical, broader than the tenth joint and more than twice its 



