408 Mr. F. Walker on the species of Chalcidites 



ing a triangle on the vertex : antennae yellow, very slender, slightly 

 increasing in breadth towards their tips, as long as the thorax ; first 

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

 hardly visible ; fourth joint narrower than the second ; fifth and fol- 

 lowing joints to the ninth successively increasing in breadth ; club 

 fusiform, fulvous, a little broader than the ninth joint, and more than 

 twice its length : thorax oval : prothorax transverse, extremely short, 

 hardly visible above : scutum of the mesothorax large, broader than 

 long ; parapsides forming one segment with the scutum, their sutures 

 not visible ; paraptera large, white ; axilla? triangular, narrow, almost 

 meeting each other on the dorsum ; scutellum somewhat rhomboidal, 

 cupreous, more shining than the scutum, narrower and abruptly de- 

 cumbent behind where it forms a right angle : metathorax with the 

 propodeon and podeon transverse, very short : abdomen bluish green, 

 nearly round, much shorter and a little broader than the thorax ; 

 metapodeon large ; octoon and following segments short : legs long, 

 slender, pale yellow ; tips of the tarsi fulvous ; mesopedes dilated as 

 usual : wings long, white ; nervures fulvous ; humerus shorter than 

 half the length of the wing ; ulna none ; radius very short ; cubitus 

 much longer than the radius ; stigma small, emitting no branch. 

 Found in the summer at Alten in Finmark. 



Entedon Epigonus, Monog. Chalciditum, i. 112. Alten, Finmark. 



Amyite, Monog. Chat. i. 65. Alten, Finmark. 



■ Altadas, Monog. Chal. i. 70. Alten, Finmark. 



Horismenus Clinus, mas. Cupreus viridi varius, antennis nigris, 

 pedibus viridibus, tarsis flavis, alls fuscis. (Corp. long. lin. 1 ; 

 alar. lin. 1J.) 



Body slender, convex, cupreous, tinged with green, shining : head 

 and thorax finely punctured : head transverse, as broad as the tho- 

 rax ; vertex rather broad ; front slightly impressed : eyes of mode- 

 rate size, not prominent : antenna? 7-jointed, black, slightly seta- 

 ceous, as long as the thorax ; first joint long, stout, increasing in 

 breadth from the base to the tip ; second cyathiform, rather small ; 

 third and following joints broader than the 2nd ; ninth joint longer 

 and narrower than the sixth, acuminate at the tip : thorax oval : pro- 

 thorax transverse, very short : scutum of the mesothorax rather 

 large ; sutures of the parapsides very distinct, approaching each other 

 behind; axilla? small, not conniving; scutellum obconical : metatho- 

 rax transverse, very short : propodeon large, obconical, declining : 

 podeon short, stout : abdomen conical, depressed, smooth, not more 

 than half the length of the thorax ; metapodeon occupying rather 

 less than half the dorsum ; octoon and following segments to the 

 telum very short : legs slender, green ; trochanters, knees and pro- 

 tarsi fuscous ; mesotarsi and metatarsi yellow, their tips fuscous : 

 wings slightly fuscous, dark beneath the ulna ; nervures piceous ; 

 humerus not more than one-third of the length of the wing ; ulna 

 longer than the humerus ; radius very short ; cubitus a little shorter 

 than the radius ; stigma small. 



Alten, Finmark. 



