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a white sheen at the base of the metatarsi and first tarsal joints, 
hind legs as in the 9 ) ungues of the fore and mid legs unequal, 
the larger one with a large tooth, the smaller simple; hind 
ungues equal, simple. 
Length .—11 mm. 
Habitat .—Upper Burmah (Watson); Sikkim (Dudgeon) 
(96, 233); Ceylon (Thwaites, taken in 1877, Hope Collection, 
Oxford). 
Time of capture .—April in Burmah, June in Sikkim. 
Observations .—Described from three 9’ s an( l a $ from 
Burmah and a 9 from Sikkim. The latter specimen was taken 
at 1,800 feet altitude. The second and third palpal joints in the 
£ are nearly equal. 
Giles referred to this as a probable new species in his 
“ Handbook.” I cannot identify it with any previous descrip¬ 
tion. The green and blue abdomen of the 9 ? with the creamy 
lateral spots, is very characteristic. The legs'seem very changeable 
in different lights, but the white bdhd on the hind legs is always 
clearly defined. 
6. Megarhinus speciosus. Skuse. (W. Macleay, MSS.) 
The following is Skuse’s description taken from the Proc. 
Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, p. 1722 :— 
“ S .—Length of antennae ... 0*160 inch ... 4• 06 millimetres. 
Expanse of wings ... 0*330 x 0*060 ... 8*39 x 1*54 
Size of body ... 0*440 X 0*080 ... 11*17 x 2*02 
Antennae brown, a little more than half the length of the palpi; basal 
joint black, with hoary reflections; second joint more than twice the 
length of the third, ornamented with some beautifully iridescent scales, 
the whorl of ver\ r long hairs situated about one-third from the apex. 
Head covered with brilliant margaritaceous scales, chiefly reflecting 
green; in a certain light appearing brown with a bright pale greenish 
line round the hinder border of the eyes. Proboscis (0*300 in.) some¬ 
what longer than the palpi (0*285 in.), deep metallic blue, with a purplish 
reflection before the bend, brown beyond. Palpi deep metallic blue, with 
purplish reflections, the third joint ringed with golden-yellow at the 
apex (this is much more distinct underneath), and the fourth joint with 
a broader ring of the same beyond the middle. Thorax brown, the lateral 
margins and prothorax densely covered with pale greenish scales, the 
later with long brown hairs; hinder margin and scutellum richly adorned 
with brilliantly iridescent scales and long brown hairs; pleurae with a 
naked brown stripe from the origin of the wings to the scale-like 
