. Fig. 43. Antenna of D. simplex d", from the inside. X 65. a little elongated, about as long as the head, the third joint short, shorter, or at all events not longer than broad, moderately pointed; the basal joints are yellow, the second joint may be obscured or nearly black, and the first joint may appear obscured above on ac- count of the black hairs; the third joint black. Thorax generally green, more rarely somewhat seneous, and sometimes bluish green; it is slightly pruinose, somewhat shining; scutellum finely yellow pube- scent; postscutellum greenish, grey pruinose. Pleura greenis
. Fig. 43. Antenna of D. simplex d", from the inside. X 65. a little elongated, about as long as the head, the third joint short, shorter, or at all events not longer than broad, moderately pointed; the basal joints are yellow, the second joint may be obscured or nearly black, and the first joint may appear obscured above on ac- count of the black hairs; the third joint black. Thorax generally green, more rarely somewhat seneous, and sometimes bluish green; it is slightly pruinose, somewhat shining; scutellum finely yellow pube- scent; postscutellum greenish, grey pruinose. Pleura greenish or more aeneous, grey pruinose; propleura with fine, pale hairs and a black prothoracic bristle. Abdomen green, with more or less pronounced golden or coppery reflexes, and with narrow, dark hind margins to the segments, or these almost wanting; it is finely whitish pruinose downwards, and it is clothed with short, black hairs, and has longish hindmarginal bristles, a little longer on the first segment. Venter greyish, slightly pale-haired. Hypopygium somewhat large, aeneous black, greyish pruinose; eighth segment with black hairs; there are somewhat projecting posterior ventral lobes, with an apical point, which is turned upwards; also the middle ventral lobe is somewhat projecting on the left side; the inner lamellae curved a little down- wards, the median thin and somewhat short, the lateral dilated and with a dilatation at the apex; the outer lamellae somewhat small, roundish rectangular, whitish with a narrow, black margin along the
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