Mr. F. Walker on some Chalcidites and Cynipites. 227 



XXVIII. — Notes on some Chalcidites and Cynipites in the Col- 

 lection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. By Francis Walker, F.L.S. 



The species in the following list belong to a collection which the 

 Rev. F. W. Hope received from Austria, and kindly allowed me 

 to inspect. 



Chalcis emarginata, Fabr. } Brazil = Chalets punctata, Fabr. 



conica, Fabr., Brazil. 



Body black, thinly clothed with white hairs : head and thorax 

 punctured : antennae piceous : abdomen obclavate, smooth, shining, 

 longer than the thorax ; the latter segments attenuate ; a spiracle 

 visible on each side of the telum : legs yellow ; thighs black except 

 their tips ; an interrupted and irregular black band around each 

 tibia : wings limpid, not more than half the length of the body ; 

 squamulse yellow ; nervures pale brown. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 

 of the wings 4 lines. 



Chalcis nana, KoUar, Austria = Chalcis parvula^ De Laporte, Ent. 



Mag. ii. 32. 

 Eurytoma aspera, Kollax, A\istna.=i Eurytoma nodularis, Boheman. 

 geniculata, Kollar, Austria = Isosoma angustatum, Walker, Ent. 



Mag. i. 20. 

 signata, Nees, Austria = Decatoma Cooperi, Curtis, Brit. Ent. 



345 = -D. higuttata, var. 



Neesii, Kollar, Austria = Decatoma mellea, Walker, Ent. Mag. 



i. 27. 

 Torymus VicicellcB, Kollar, Austria = Monodontomerus dentipes, (^?. 



Dark bluish green : antennae dark piceous, shorter than the thorax : 

 abdomen dark cupreous, nearly fusiform, bluish green at the base ; 

 metapodeon occupying nearly half the dorsum ; octoon very short ; 

 ennaton much longer than the octoon ; decaton shorter than the en- 

 naton ; protelum still shorter ; paratelum and telum very short : legs 

 rusty red ; thighs mostly bluish green : wings slightly clouded, espe- 

 cially near the stigma ; nervures piceous. Length of the body 1 ^ line ; 

 of the wings 2| lines. 



Torymus giganteus, Kollar, Austria, 



This seems to be only a large variety of Megastigmus dorsalis. 

 Torymus cyaneus, Kollar, Austria = Callimome ditto. 



Male and Female. — Bright blue varied with purple and green : 

 antennae black : sheaths of the oviduct longer than the abdomen : 

 legs pale yellow ; thighs blue ; hind tibiae piceous : wings limpid ; 

 nervures fulvous. Length of the body \^ — \^ line ; of the wings 

 2— 2i lines. 



Siphonura trochilus, Kollar, Austria, Istria, Sicily = Ormyrus iubu- 

 losus (Cynips tuhulosa, Fonscolombe), Ent. Mag. ii. 161. 



cyanosthetus, Kollar, Austria. 



Female, — Bright purple : head bluish green : antennae black : ab- 



