with Descriptions of several Hymenoptera. 



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Order, HYMENOTTERA ; Division, Aberra'ntia Westw.; Family, 

 ChalcididcB Westw. 



Gastraca'nthus * Westw. , Cleonymo Cheiropachoque affinis. Caput 

 latum ; abdomen $ thorace angustius, et illo fere triplo longius, ad apicem 

 sensim acutissimum ; oviductu paullo exserto (fig.\2. c) ; antennae $ te- 

 nues ; articulis 3 et 4 annuliformibus ; 5to quam 6to longiori, 6to — lOmo 

 brevioribus, tenuibus ; articulis reliquis massam 4-annulatam formanti- 

 bus, articulo priori vix majorem (a). 



Head broad ; abdomen $ narrower at the base than, and nearly three 

 times as long as, the thorax, gradually narrowed to the tip, which is very 

 acute; the ovipositor a little protruded; collar triangular; antennas <j> 

 slender ; 3d and 4th joint3 ring-shaped, the 5th longer than the 6th, which, 

 as well as the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, is shorter and slender; the remain- 

 ing joints form a 4-annulated mass, which is a little longer, but not thicker, 

 than the preceding joint. 



Spec. 1. Gastr. pulcherrimus West. Capite caeruleo ; thorace viridi- 

 aeneo ; abdomine obscure chalybaeo viridique nitenti, segmento 2do sub- 

 fulvo ; pedibus rufis ; alis anticis maculis 2 magnis fuscis. 



Head blue ; thorax brassy green ; abdomen obscurely tinged with chaly- 

 beous and green, its second segment somewhat fulvous ; legs red ; each 

 of the upper wings with two large brown spots ; antennae black, with the 

 basal joint fulvous. 



Coombe ; Mr. Lewis. Length 4 lines ; expansion of wings, 5 lines. 



Lampro'tatus-j- West., Cheiropacho affinis. Corpus nitidissimum ; caput 

 mediocre ; abdomen £ thorace brevius, convexum, ovatum, basi impres- 

 sum; antennae £ ut in Cheiropacho <^, at longiores, filiformes, articulo 

 lmo multo breviori, et articulo 2do brevi (b) ; pedes omnes graciles, longi- 

 tudine mediocres. 



Body very shining; head of moderate size; abdomen J* shorter than 

 the thorax, ovate, convex, and impressed above at the base ; antennae £ 

 as in Cheiropachus g y except that they are somewhat longer, and not at 

 all thickened at the tips ; the first joint is much shorter, and the second is 

 also short ; all the legs in the male are slender, and of moderate length ; 

 collar transverse quadrate, narrower than the disc of the thorax. 



Spec. 1. Lamp, splendens Westw. Aureo-viridis ; antennis nigris; pe- 

 dibus fulvis basi aeneis. 



Splendid golden-green ; antennae black ; basal joint aeneous ; legs ful- 

 vous ; femora aeneous almost to the tips. 



Surrey, Oxford, and Hertford. Length nearly 2 lines ; expansion of 



* Derived from the Greek, garter, the abdomen, and aliantha, a spine ; 

 and referring to the acute abdomen. 



-j- Derived from the Greek superlative of lampros, shining ; from the 

 splendour of the body. 



