. Fig. 80. Antenna of L. vestita d", from the inside. X 90. considerably longer than the head, the third joint much longer than the two basal; arista a little shorter than the antennæ. Thorax metallic green, slightly whitish or bluish white pruinose, shining; scutellum without hairs above. Pleura greenish, grey pruinose; pro- thoracic bristles small, brownish or yellow. Abdomen with the ground colour appearing greyish, seen from behind with a very faint greenish hue; the first segment greenish, the rest densely silvery pruinose, the sixth blackish grey; abdomen clothed with short, black h
. Fig. 80. Antenna of L. vestita d", from the inside. X 90. considerably longer than the head, the third joint much longer than the two basal; arista a little shorter than the antennæ. Thorax metallic green, slightly whitish or bluish white pruinose, shining; scutellum without hairs above. Pleura greenish, grey pruinose; pro- thoracic bristles small, brownish or yellow. Abdomen with the ground colour appearing greyish, seen from behind with a very faint greenish hue; the first segment greenish, the rest densely silvery pruinose, the sixth blackish grey; abdomen clothed with short, black hairs, some- what longer at the sides, and it has hindmarginal bristles, long on the first segment; the eighth segment has a couple of long bristles. Venter dark grey, with blackish hairs and hindmarginal bristles. Hypo- pygium small, outer lamellæ and ventral lobes likewise small. Legs with the coxæ grey, front coxæ more or less yellow at the apex; femora yellow, or generally the anterior femora more or less blackish or brown from the base to near the apex, most on the middle femora; hind femora brownish or black at the apex or sometimes almost
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