33. HYLOTOMA. 63 



40. Hylotoma flavicollis. 

 (Plate IY. fig. 17.) 



Hylotoma flavicollis, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 460. 



Exp. al. 10 lin., long. corp. 5 lin. 



Deep violet-blue, thorax wholly rufb-testaceous ; pleura narrowly 

 of the same colour. Antennas black, long, somewhat widened 

 and flattened towards the extremity, and grooved beneath. Wings 

 smoky hyaline, with a rich violet iridescence. 



Closely allied to H. cajotiva. 



Hob. China. 



a. 2 - (Type of species.) Hong Kong. J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



41. Hylotoma disparilis. 



(Plate Y. figs. 7 & 9.) 



Hvlotoma humeralis (p.), Smith (nee Beauv.), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 1874, p. 374. 



2 Exp. al. 8 lin. , long. corp. 4 lin. ; cJ ex P« &L. 6 lin., long, 

 corp. 2 lin. 



Head and lateral lobes of the mesothorax shining black ; thorax 

 otherwise rufo-testaceous ; abdomen yellow ; antennae black, front 

 legs aeneous above, and testaceous on the inside ; four hind femora 

 yellow ; tibiae and tarsi black, the former yellowish on the outside. 

 Wings dusky hyaline, violaceous towards the base. 



<$ (?). Head and front of thorax brassy greenish black ; antennae 

 black, densely ciliated on both sides, pectus steel-blue, shining ; 

 abdomen yellow, banded above with violet-brown in the middle ; 

 metathorax of the same colour above ; legs yellow, four front femora 

 violaceous ; extremities of hind tibiae and hind tarsi black. Wings 

 smoky hyaline. 



Hah. Japan. 



a. 2 • (Type of species.) Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



b. $ ? Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



42. Hylotoma quadripunctata. 

 (Plate Y. fig. 12.) 



Hylotoma humeralis, var. $ , Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, 

 p. 374. 



Exp. al. 8 lin., long. corp. 3| lin. 



Head and thorax steel-blue, with a slight greenish tinge, espe- 

 cially on the face ; antennae black ; prothorax, an adjoining dot, and 

 another behind the base of the fore wings on each side, pleura, sides 

 of pectus, and scutellum rufo-testaceous : abdomen yellow, corru- 



