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punctured, more strongly so below their insertion, the clypeus pro- 

 duced and coarsely punctured, and fringed with fulvous pubescence, 

 the face thinly sprinkled with fulvous ; the flagellum fulvous 

 beneath. The rnesothorax with strong confluent punctures, the 

 scutellum and metathorax with finer punctures ; at the base of the 

 latter there is a small finely rugulose space, surrounded by a smooth 

 shining margin; wings fusco -hyaline, the nervures dark fuscous"; 

 legs of different shades of green, and with obscure fulvous pubes- 

 cence. Abdomen with fine shallow punctures. 



Hab. Uruguay. 



The colouring of this species is the same as that of A. ignita, de- 

 scribed in the ' Journal of Entomology ;' but the insect is larger, and 

 the abdomen, instead of being rather strongly punctured, is very 

 finely so. 



2. Augochlora berenice. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Green, with tints of blue in different 

 lights. Head very closely punctured, most strongly so below the 

 insertion of the antennae ; the clypeus with strong punctures and 

 purple at its apex ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. The rnesotho- 

 rax with confluent punctures ; the metathorax with an enclosed 

 space at its base longitudinally rugulose, truncate, with the sides 

 closely punctured ; wings hyaline, the nervures and tegulae rufo- 

 piceous ; legs green, the tarsi rufo-piceous, with pale pubescence. 

 Abdomen pubescent, shining, with fine shallow punctures ; the 

 apical margins of the second and following segments with a thin 

 fringe of white pubescence. 



Hab. Uruguay. 



3. Augochlora callisto. 



Male. Length 4 lines. — Blue, with tints of green in certain lights. 

 Head very closely punctured, the clypeus coarsely so ; the flagellum 

 of the antennas fulvous towards the apex beneath. Thorax more 

 strongly punctured than the head, the scutellum with larger deep 

 punctures ; the base of the metathorax longitudinally finely rugu- 

 lose, a smooth shining area surrounding the striated one; the 

 apex truncate ; wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma testaceous ; 

 legs blue, with green tints and covered with pale pubescence ; the 

 apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen finely punctured, 

 not very closely so, and with a thin pale pubescence ; the basal 

 margins of the second and third segments with narrow fasciae of 

 pale fulvous pubescence. 



Hab. Monte Video. 



