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lum black, subclavate, submoniliform. Petiole much shorter than 

 the abdomen ; the latter coarctate, much elevated, red beneath. 

 Femora piceous, except towards the tips. Fore wings with the 

 spot on the stigma darker and more concise than that of the male, 

 and with a diffuse brownish mark behind it. Length of the body 

 2 lines ; of the wings 3£ lines. 



Eucharis deprivata. Mas. Viridis, cupreo varia, rude punctata, 

 antennis piceis thorace longioribus novem-ramosis, scapo flavo, 

 thorace gibbo, petiolo longo gracili, abdomine fusiformi compresso 

 glabro subtus rufo, pedibus flavis, alis cinereis fusco notatis. 



Male. Green, partly cupreous, roughly punctured. Head as 

 broad as the thorax. Antennae piceous, longer tban the thorax, 

 with nine subclavate branches ; scape yellow. Thorax gibbous, 

 well developed ; scutellum prominent ; metathorax large, declining. 

 Petiole slender, cylindrical, nearly as long as the abdomen ; the 

 latter fusiform, compressed, smooth, shining, red beneath. Legs 

 yellow, slender ; coxae green. Wings cinereous. Fore wings with 

 an elongated brown spot extending from the stigma to the middle 

 of the disk ; veins black, in structure like those of the preceding 

 species. Length of the body If line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



Pteromalus magniceps. Mas. Obscure cyaneus, brevis, latus, 

 crassus, antennis fulvis clavatis, scapo luteo, abdomine piceo conico 

 glabro, pedibus fulvis, tarsis posterioribus luteis, alis anticis luridis 

 sat angustis. 



Male. Dark blue, shining, short, broad, thick. Head broader 

 than the thorax. Antennae tawny, short, clavate ; scape luteous. 

 Abdomen piceous, conical, very smooth and shining, reddish and 

 keeled beneath, not longer than the thorax. Legs tawny ; poste- 

 rior tarsi and tips of tibiae luteous. Fore wings lurid, rather nar- 

 row ; veins piceous. Length of the body f line ; of the wings 

 1£ line. 



Note. — Another species of the Chalcidite is mentioned as Pte- 

 romalus rufus in the Catalogue referred to above ; but the specimen 

 so named is mutilated, and cannot be satisfactorily described. 



Encyrtus obstructus. Mas. Niger, robustus, nitens, scitissime 

 punctatus, capite magno, antennis piceis filiformibus corpore vix 

 brevioribus, scapo luteo, dbdomine cyaneo brevi, pedibus piceis, 

 tarsis posterioribus flavis, alis albis. 



Male. Black, robust, shining, very finely punctured. Head a 

 little broader than the thorax. Antennae piceous, filiform, nearly 

 as long as the body ; joints elongated ; scape luteous. Abdomen 

 bright blue, much shorter than the thorax. Legs piceous ; pos- 

 terior tarsi yellow, with piceous tips. Wings white ; veins pale. 

 Length of the body -| line ; of the wings 1 line. 



Fam. Diapriadae. 

 Diapria api c alis. Fcem. Nigra, gracilis, glabra, nitens, capite 



