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obliquely striated. Scutelluin less finely striated than tlie thorax. Pectus 
and under side of abdomen metallic-green. Abdomen with luleons spots 
along each side. Femora blackish red. Fore wings extremely thickly and 
minutely punctured; membrane lurid. Length of the body 13 lines. 
The thorax is more dilated on each side in front than that of P. 
amelhystinum. 
a. Mount Ophir. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
12. Pycanum stabile. 
Sordide rufescens ; capitis ihoracisque lalera pedesque nigra ; caput ceneo 
snbnitens ; thorax transverse el scite striatus, snbtililer el sat sparse 
punctalus, antice subglaberjateribus anlicis dilatatis subrectangulatis 
longiludinaliter striatis ; pectus viride ; abdomen maculis lateralibus 
nigris, vittis dnabus venlralibus lalissimis viridibus ; alee anticce 
ceneo-viridi subvarice, membrana cinerea. 
Dark dull red. Sides of the head and of the thorax, legs and'cosla of 
the fore wings at the base black. Head extremely minutely punctured, 
with an aeneous tinge. Rostrum piceous. Thorax transversely and finely 
striated, minutely and rather thinly punctured ; fore part nearly smooth ; 
sides in front longitudinally striated, dilated and forming two rounded 
right angles. Scutelluin less finely striated than the thorax. Pectus 
metallic-green; lobes mostly bordered with tawny. Abdomen with black 
lateral spots; underside with two very broad metallic-green stripes ; disk 
longitudinally and very finely striated. Fore wings extremely minutely 
and thickly punctured, partly and slightly tinged with aeneous-green; 
membrane cinereous. Length of the body 15 lines. 
In the structure of the thorax it most resembles the Mount Ophir 
specimen of P. ponderosum^ and appears to be a link between that sj)ecies 
and the following one. 
a. Hindustan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
13. Pycanum smaragdiferum. 
Nigrum, subius piceum ; caput et thorax anlicus subceneo-nigra ; anten- 
narum articulus Aus apice rufescens; thorax transverse substrialus, 
sublililer et sat sparse punctalus, fascia antica glabra undulata 
abbreviata,lateribus anlicis dilatatis subrectangulatis longiludinaliter 
striatis ; scutellum transverse rugulosum, apice fulvum ; pectus 
smaragdino biplagiatum ; abdomen gultis lateralibus fulvis, vittis 
duabus indelerminatis plagaqve subapicali smaragdinis venlralibus ; 
coxce fuivee ; femora obscure viridia ; ala: anticce membrana aneo- 
fusca. 
Black, piceous beneath. Head and fore partof the thorax with a very 
slight aeneous tinge. Head with a minutely punctured stripe. Second 
joint of the antennae a little longer than the third; fourth rather longer 
than the second, reddish at the tip. Thorax very slightly transversely 
striated, minutely and rather thinly punctured, with an undulating 
abbreviated smooth band near the fore border; fore sides dilated, longi- 
tudinally striated, forming two rounded right angles. Scutellum trans- 
versely rugulose, tawity at the tip. Pectus with a large emerald-green 
