PHASGANOPHORA.— HALTICELLA. 99 



4. Phasganophora crassicauda. 



Phasganophora (Trigonura) crassicauda, Sichel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr, (4) v. p. 377, t. 10. f. 1 \ 

 Eab. Mexico, Orizaba \ 



CHALCIS. 



Chalets, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. i. p. 272; Spinola, Ann. Mus. xvii. p. 147; Walker, Ent. Mag. ii. 

 p. 27. 



Not very many species of this genus are known ; they are found generally distributed 

 over the New and Old Worlds. They are very similar in coloration, being black, with 

 the legs marked with yellow or white. 



l. Chalcis pubescens. 



Chalcis pubescens, Walker, Notes on Chalc. iii. p. 47 \ 

 Eab. Mexico 1 . 



— — 2. Chalcis comitator. 



Chalcis comitator, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd ser. i. p. 350 \ 

 Eab. Mexico 1 . 



3. Chalcis compacta. 



Chalcis compacta, Walker, Journ. Ent. i. p. 183 \. 

 Eab. Mexico \ Orizaba. 



4. Chalcis OVata. (Tab. IV. fig. 16, ?; 16«-c, trophi; 16 d, posterior leg.) 



Chalcis ovata, Say, Long's Second Exped. ii. p. 326 (1824) ; Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iv. 



p. 59 \ 

 Chalcis annulipes, Walker, Ent. Mag. ii. p. 29 (1835) . 

 Chalcis incerta, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 101. 

 Brachymeria panamensis, Holmgren, Eugen. Resa, Ins. p. 437 2 . 



Eab. United States 1 . — West-Indian Islands. — Mexico 1 ; Guatemala ; Panama 2 . 

 This is perhaps C. flavipes, Fabr. (non Panz.) ; but the description is not very good. 



HALTICELLA. 



Halticella, Spin. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. vii. p. 148. 



A genus of wide distribution, principally distinguished from Chalcis by the antennae 

 being inserted immediately over the mouth. 



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