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16. Augochlora aspasia. 



Female. Length 3 lines. — Head and thorax black, and densely 

 covered with short fulvous pubescence ; abdomen ferruginous. 

 Mandibles ferruginous at their apex ; the flagellum of the antennae 

 obscurely fulvous beneath. Thorax punctured beneath, not pubes- 

 cent ; the legs rufo-piceous, with thin pale fulvous pubescence, 

 bright fulvous on the tarsi within ; wings fulvo-hyaline, the ner- 

 vures and tegulse pale rufo-testaceous ; a space at the base of the 

 metathorax, enclosed by a sharp ridge, longitudinally striated. 

 Abdomen with short fulvous pubescence towards the apex ; the 

 basal margins of the third and following segments more or less 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Mexico. 



17. Augochlora hebescens. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — The face coppery ; the vertex and disk of 

 the thorax obscure olive-green ; the scutellum and postscutellum 

 bright green ; the abdomen dark olive-green, in some examples in- 

 clining to blue. The head with pale pubescence, longest and most 

 dense on the cheeks ; the clypeus fringed with bright pale fulvous 

 hairs. The thorax closely punctured, the metathorax truncate, 

 smooth, shining, and impunctate ; the wings hyaline, with the 

 anterior margin of the front wings clouded with fuscous ; legs 

 black and with black pubescence ; the apical joints of the tarsi 

 rufo-piceous ; the femora fringed beneath with pale pubescence. 

 Abdomen convex and ovate ; the basal segment punctured and 

 covered thinly with short glittering pale hairs. 



Male. Closely resembles the female, and is similarly coloured, but 

 has the abdomen more elongate and the two basal segments 

 punctured ; the legs are tinted with green, and have the tarsi pale 

 ferruginous and thickly covered with short white pubescence ; the 

 general pubescence of the legs is hoary. 



Hab. Amazons, Ega, St. Paulo, and Para. 



18. Augochlora aurora. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Head blue-green ; abdomen brassy, and 

 with a dense short fulvous pubescence beyond the basal segment, 

 which is shining and finely punctured. Head with confluent punc- 

 tures ; antennas black. The mesothorax coarsely punctured in 

 front, the punctures confluent, more finely punctured beyond the 

 insertion of the wings, as is also the scutellum ; the base of the 

 metathorax irregularly longitudinally striated ; wings hyaline, 

 faintly clouded at their apex ; legs black, with dark fuscous pubes- 

 cence, that on the posterior pair paler beneath. Abdomen finely 

 and closely punctured. 



Hab. Mexico. 



