. Fig. 102. Antenna of M. diudema d". X 65. bristles very short; the dorsocentral rows consisting of two somewhat short bristles in front, and two longer behind; the rows do not reach much forwards; the hairs on the front part of the disc are very small and partly pale. Scutellum with four bristles. Pleura some- what greenish or æneous, pale grey pruinose; propleura with three to five whitish prothoracic bristles. Abdomen green, æneous or more coppery, densely clothed with short, pale yellow hairs, and with pale hindmarginal bristles on the first segment. Venter greyish, with pale hairs.
. Fig. 102. Antenna of M. diudema d". X 65. bristles very short; the dorsocentral rows consisting of two somewhat short bristles in front, and two longer behind; the rows do not reach much forwards; the hairs on the front part of the disc are very small and partly pale. Scutellum with four bristles. Pleura some- what greenish or æneous, pale grey pruinose; propleura with three to five whitish prothoracic bristles. Abdomen green, æneous or more coppery, densely clothed with short, pale yellow hairs, and with pale hindmarginal bristles on the first segment. Venter greyish, with pale hairs. Hypopygium somewhat large, black; the eighth segment greyish, with pale hairs at the margin; the ventral lobes somewhat long, dilated and variously excised at the apex; the outer lamellæ shorter; both pairs yellowish or brownish. Legs with the coxæ grey, femora yellow, the front femora, or the front and hind, or all femora with the basal part more or less brown or blackish brown; tibiæ and tarsi yellow, the very apex of the tibiæ and the apex of the four first tarsal joints dark, the last joint quite dark; sometimes the apex of the tibiæ dark to a greater extent, and likewise the tarsi more darkened on the apical part; hind metatarsus very short, about one
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