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tawny, long and slender ; second cup-shaped ; third and fourth very 

 small ; the following joints from the fifth to the ninth successively 

 decreasing in length : club spindle-shaped, rather broader than the 

 tenth joint and more than twice its length : chest broad, short-ellip- 

 tical : fore-chest very short ; its length less than one-tenth of its 

 breadth : shield of the mid-chest large ; sutures of the parapsides 

 very indistinct, almost obsolete ; axillae parted by less than one- 

 third of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon subrhomboidal, with a 

 suture along each side : hind-chest transverse, very short, declining, 

 bright green, almost smooth: petiole very short: abdomen oval, 

 smooth, purplish bronze, bright green at the base, depressed above, 

 slightly keeled beneath, much longer but not broader than the 

 chest ; segments of moderate and nearly equal size : legs tawny ; 

 hips blue ; thighs and tips of feet piceous ; four hinder-legs with 

 brown shanks and pale yellow feet : wings colourless ; veins tawny ; 

 ulna less than half the length of the humerus ; radius none ; cubi- 

 tus much shorter than the ulna ; wing-brand very small. Length 

 of the body | line ; of the wings 1^ line. 



PTEROMALUsHermachus. Mas. Cupreus^abdomine basi apice- 

 que viridi, antennis nigris, pedibus fiavis^femoribus viridibus, 

 a lis limpidis. Page 120. 



Copper colour : head and chest convex, finely shagreened, 

 dark green beneath : head much broader than the chest : eyes 

 and eyelets dark red : feelers subclavate, black, rather longer than 

 the chest ; first joint green, long, slender ; second cup-shaped ; 

 third and fourth very small ; the following joints to the tenth suc- 

 cessively decreasing in length ; club spindle-shaped, a little broader 

 than the tenth joint and more than twice its length: chest long- 

 oval ; fore-chest very short ; its length not more than one-tenth of 

 its breadth : sutures of the parapsides very indistinct ; axillae 

 parted by one-fourth of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon sub- 

 rhomboidal, with a suture along each side : hind-chest green, nearly 

 smooth, obconical, declining, with a ridge along the middle and a 

 rim on each side : petiole very short : abdomen elliptical, depressed, 

 smooth, green towards the tip, bright green at the base, shorter and 

 narrower than the chest ; metapodeon occupying about one-third of 

 the back : legs bright yellow ; hips and thighs green ; tips of four 

 hinder-feet pale brown : wings colourless ; veins tawny ; ulna about 

 half the length of the humerus ; radius very short ; cubitus full 

 twice the length of the radius, and not much shorter than the ulna ; 

 wing-brand very small. Length of the body f line ; of the wings 

 \\ line. 



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