154 il/r. Walker on Chalcidites. 



not broader than the tenth joint but twice its length : thorax elliptical : prothorax short : 

 scutum of the mesothorax rather long ; sutures of the parapsides indistinct ; scutellum 

 having no trace of a transverse suture : propodeon obconic, declining : podeon very 

 short : abdomen round, cupreous, depressed above, keeled beneath, hardly more than 

 half the length of the thorax ; octoon and following segments shorter than the meta- 

 podeon : legs fulvous ; coxae and thighs green ; tips of the latter fulvous : wings fuscous ; 

 nervures fuscous ; ulna hardly half the length of the humerus ; radius as long as the 

 ulna ; cubitus shorter than the radius ; stigma very small. 

 Found in July near Lanark, Scotland. 



It belongs to the second division of the genus (Ent. Mag. ii. 479), and is 

 allied to Pt. Catillus and to Pt. Discus, from which species it may be distin- 

 guished by its more slender structure. 



Pteromalus Bubaris, fem. ^neo-viridis, abdomine cupreo, antennis nigris, 



pedibus fulvis, femoribus fusco-cinctis, alis limpidis. 

 Corp. long. lin. f ; alar. lin. 1^. 



Body linear : head green, broader than the thorax : antennae black, subclavate, as long as 

 the thorax ; first joint fulvous ; club fusiform, more than twice the length of the tenth 

 joint : thorax oval, aeneous-green : prothorax very short : sutures of the parapsides in- 

 distinct ; scutellum obconic, having an indistinct transverse suture near its tip : pro- 

 podeon obconic, declining: podeon very short: abdomen oval, cupreous, smooth, de- 

 pressed above, keeled beneath, green towards the base, a little shorter than the thorax ; 

 metapodeon of moderate sizej octoon and following segments short: legs fulvous; 

 coxae green ; a broad fuscous band across each thigh ; tips of the tarsi fuscous : wings 

 limpid, rather short ; nervures fulvous ; ulna more than half the length of the humerus ; 

 radius shorter than the ulna ; cubitus a little shorter than the radius ; stigma extremely 

 small. 



Found near Edinburgh by Dr. Greville. 



Allied to Pt. Lucilla (Monographia Chalciditum, i. 231), but differing from 

 it in structure and in colour. 



Pteromalus Ection, mas. Viridis, scutello seneo-viridi, abdomine nigro-cu- 



preo basi fulvo maculato, pedibus fulvis, femoribus piceis, alis fuscis. 

 Corp. long. lin. 1 ; alar. lin. 1^. 



Body slender : head and thorax dark green : head a little broader than the thorax : antennae 

 black, slender, filiform, a little longer than the thorax ; club fusiform, twice the length 



