. Fig. 108. Antenna of L. virens d". X 65. of the second, third and fourth segments and the front margin of the second segment black or purplish black; on the fourth segment the purplish hind margin is often more or less replaced by a shining green or coppery colour; the fifth segment*shining, the sixth often a little aeneous or bluish and slightly pruinose; abdomen clothed with whitish hairs, which are rather long at the sides; on the first segment there are long hindmarginal bristles, which are black above, white at the sides; the following segments have short and not very distinct hind
. Fig. 108. Antenna of L. virens d". X 65. of the second, third and fourth segments and the front margin of the second segment black or purplish black; on the fourth segment the purplish hind margin is often more or less replaced by a shining green or coppery colour; the fifth segment*shining, the sixth often a little aeneous or bluish and slightly pruinose; abdomen clothed with whitish hairs, which are rather long at the sides; on the first segment there are long hindmarginal bristles, which are black above, white at the sides; the following segments have short and not very distinct hindmarginal bristles, which are also black above, but on the sides not discernible between the long hairs. Venter green, greyish pruinose, with long, white hairs. The hypopygium is green or aeneous, a little pruinose; the outer lamellae greyish black, the filaments blackish, with long, pale hairs; the eighth segment has longish, pale hairs. Legs green or aeneous, coxae grey pruinose; also the femora somewhat pruinose; tarsi black; the front metatarsi a little dilated at the apex and the second joint quite short, a little compressed and dilated, with short, erect hairs below. The legs have short, black hairs, the coxae somewhat long, white hairs; the front coxae with black bristles at the apex, middle coxae with a bristle anteriorly near the outer margin, hind coxae with one on the outside; anterior femora with short, pale hairs below, on the middle femora they are longer about in the middle and followed apically by some black hairs; hind femora with some pale hairs at the base, longest above; the posterior femora with a preapical bristle; the tibiae have bristles on the various sides, they are not long nor numerous; the front tarsi have a very short, whitish pubescence below on the four last joints. Wings a little yellowish tinged, with the apical part of the subcostal and cubital cells brown, forming a large, brown spot; in the first posterior cell there is a brown patch above th
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