182 Mr. F. Walker on some British Chalcidites. 



Callimome iErope, Mas. Viridis, abdomine ceneo, basi cuprco- 

 viridi, antennis fulvo-fuscis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus basifuscis, 

 tarsis basiflavis, alls limpidis. 



Male. — Body convex : head and thorax brilliant green, covered 

 with very minute scales so disposed as partly to form little transverse 

 undulations : head a little broader than the thorax : antennae clavate, 

 fuscous above, fulvous beneath, as long as the thorax ; first joint 

 long, linear ; second long-cyathiform ; third and fourth very minute ; 

 fifth and following joints to the eleventh successively shorter and 

 broader; club long-conical, more than twice the length of the 

 eleventh joint : thorax oval : prothorax large, slightly narrower in 

 front, its length much more than half its breadth : scutum of the 

 mesotfeorax rather long; sutures of the parapsides very distinct, 

 slightly curved, approaching each other ; axillae large, triangular, 

 not conniving ; scutellum rhomboidal : metathorax transverse, shi- 

 ning, decumbent : podeon extremely short : abdomen aeneous, nearly 

 linear, smooth, shining, slightly concave along the disc, covered 

 excepting the metapodeon with very minute scales, shorter and 

 narrower than the thorax ; metapodeon bright green varied with 

 cupreous, occupying more than one-third of the dorsum ; octoon 

 short ; ennaton a little longer than the octoon ; decaton longer than 

 the ennaton ; protelum as long as the decaton ; paratelum and telum 

 very short : legs fulvous, stout ; coxae green ; thighs slightly fuscous 

 towards the base ; knees yellow ; tarsi yellow at the base, fuscous 

 at the tips : wings limpid, ample ; nervures fulvous ; humerus much 

 less than half the length of the wing ; ulna a little shorter than the 

 humerus ; radius hardly so long as one-fourth of the ulna ; cubitus 

 not more than half the length of the radius ; stigma very small, 

 emitting a little branch. Length of the body 1^ line ; expansion of 

 the wings 2 lines. 



Found near Windsor, in June. 



Pteromalus domesticus (Entomological Magazine, ii. 481), Mas. 

 Viridis, abdomen cupreum basi viride, antenna nigra, pedes niyri, 

 genubus tarsisque albis aut flavis, propedum genubus tarsisque 

 flavis aut fulvis, alis limpidis, nervis pallide fuscis . 



Body convex : head and thorax minutely squameous : head a little 

 broader than the thorax : the middle ocellus very little in advance of 

 the other two : antennae filiform, stout, longer than the thorax ; first 

 joint long, slender ; second cyathiform ; third and fourth very minute ; 

 fifth and following joints to the tenth linear, successively but very 

 slightly decreasing in length ; club fusiform, twice the length of the 

 tenth joint : thorax oval : prothorax transverse, very short, just 

 visible above, rounded in front : scutum of the mesothorax short, 

 slightly convex, its breadth much exceeding its length ; sutures of 

 the parapsides approaching each other, very indistinct ; axillae large, 

 triangular, not conniving; scutellum subconical, or nearly penta- 

 gonal, the three fore-sides being applied to the axillae and to the 

 margin of the scutum between them ; its scales are more minute 

 than those of the scutum : metathorax very short, appearing trans- 



