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third, and the base of the fourth red. The head closely and strongly 

 punctured ; the face with white pubescence ; the antennae sub- 

 moniliform and rufo-piceous beneath. Thorax very strongly punc- 

 tured, and having a thin, short, hoary pubescence at the sides ; wings 

 hyaline and iridescent, the nervures ferruginous, the tegulae pale 

 rufo-testaceous ; the legs with a hoary pile, the apical joints of the 

 tarsi pale ferruginous. Abdomen closely and finely punctured. 



Hah. Calcutta. 



TEMNOSOMA, Smith. 



1. Temnosoma smaragdinum. 



Male. Length 3|-4 lines. — Green, with tints of blue ; coarsely 

 punctured. Head quadrangular ; the antennas black, the anterior 

 margin of the clypeus truncate. The disk of the thorax usually 

 with more or less of a brassy tint ; the metathorax at the base with 

 a semicircular space longitudinally striated, the striae coarse ; 

 beyond the striated space is a small smooth shining one ; this has 

 sometimes a few transverse fine striae, these are more or less ob- 

 solete in different examples ; the other parts of the metathorax 

 coarsely punctured ; wings subhyaline and iridescent, the nervures 

 black, the tegulae green and punctured ; legs blue, usually more or 

 less tinted with green. Abdomen with the first and second seg- 

 ments constricted ; the apical margins of the segments narrowly 

 blue, smooth, and shining ; beneath green, and more finely punc- 

 tured than above. 



Hah. South Mexico. 



2. Temnosoma aeruginosum. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Head and thorax green, with shades of 

 blue ; abdomen blue, with tints of green in certain lights. Head 

 strongly punctured ; the vertex with blue tints ; the antennae 

 black. Thorax strongly punctured, the punctures confluent at the 

 sides of the mesothorax above, which has a central strongly im- 

 pressed longitudinal line ; at the base of the metathorax are a few 

 broad striae that radiate laterally, the striated portion enclosed by 

 a smooth shining space, beyond which the metathorax is strongly 

 punctured ; wings subhyaline, clear at their base, the tegulae green 

 and strongly punctured, the nervures black ; legs blue, the tarsi 

 densely covered with short whitish pubescence. Abdomen oblong, 

 strongly punctured, the margins of the two basal segments con- 

 stricted ; the fourth and fifth segments with a thin pale pubescence, 

 the sixth with fuscous pubescence ; beneath bright green, and more 

 finely punctured than above. 



Hab. Ega, on the Amazons. 



