British parasitic Hymendptera. H H 



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marginem anticum et nervum subcostalem antice (et praesertim ad nervi 

 conjunctionem cum margine) dilatata, et ibi oblique truncata (a). 



Body very short, convex, and contracted ; antennae short, subdavate, 

 12-jointed, the 3d and 4th joints annular; wings with the humeral portion 

 anteriorly dilated and obliquely truncate at the union of the subcostal 

 nerve with the front margin of the wings ; abdomen sessile. 



Spec. 1. Epic, choreiformis Westw. Nigro-aeneus hand nitidus; facie 

 viridi; antennis piceis articulo basali rufo ; abdomine nitido cyaneo-nigro ; 

 latefibus cupreo-iiitentibus ; pedibus testaceis ; alis basi obscurioribus. 



Longitudo corporis, lineae dimidium. Expansio alarum, linea? -£. In 

 musaeo nostro. Habitat in gramineis prope Cantabrigiam, Julio, 1833. 



Brassy black, not shining ; face greenish ; antennae pitchy, with the 

 basal joint reddish ; abdomen shining cyaneous black, with the sides cop- 

 pery; legs reddish ; wings darkish towards the base. 

 -X3 ^arosal anornupnff^i .9in 1o ajviiji anJ jo vupra bjr/ioaco 



I found several specimens of this curious little insect at 



Gog Magog Hills, near Cambridge, during the late meeting of 

 the British Association [June 21- — 28.. 1833], in company with 

 Choreia nigro-aenea W. [described p. 122. 279. 380.]; which 

 it so much resembles, that, until I had carefully examined it, 

 I thought it was its male. I have seen no other insect in this 

 very extensive family with wings similarly formed. 



Smaragdi v tes * Westw. ab Eulophinis omnibus differt antennis longis. 

 Corpus nitidissimum ; antennae $> ut mihi videtur, 9-articulatae, corporis 

 longitudine, articulo primo dilatato, secundo brevi, tertio minutissimo, 

 reliquis elongatis filiformibus longe pilosis; abdomen thorace paullo longius, 

 at illo duplo angustius. vi^JiJiogafi ^ni: 



Body very shining; antennae apparently 9-jointed, as long as the whole 

 body, with the basal joint dilated, the 2d short, the 3d very small, the 

 remaining long filiform, with long hairs ; head rather broader than the 

 thorax, the latter ovate, with the front margin rounded ; the abdomen 

 rather longer but much narrower than the thorax, elongate ovate, concave 

 above; tarsi .- 4-joint6tftB'f£C[ sJa iO JfiflJ fluflJ -guhzQiOjUl ?.89l ion 2r 



Spec. 1. Smar. admirabilis Westw. Caput laete viride, postice auratum ; 

 thorax et abdominis basis laete aurata, hujus parte postica cyanea, macula 

 pallida ante medium ; antennas pallide fuscae, articulo primo viridi nitido, 

 basi apiceque albis ; 'pedes albi ; alas immaculate. 



Long. corp. | lin. Expans. alar; if3iilRVl|i 9tflisjin8&ef'i8 HfittftStfin 

 Sylva Coombe, Mai6kol&&k irJlobcq cJnomonoqY) diom aalmio 

 .. Head splendid green, behind golden ; thorax and base of the abdomen 

 Beautiful golden coloured, the hind part of the latter cyaneous with a pale 

 spot before the middle; antennas pale brown, the basal joint splendid 

 green, with the base and tip white ; legs white ; wings spotless. 



At Coombe, in May, 1831 ; beaten from the oak,?. 



Clostero'cerus f Westw. y Eulopho affinis. Antennae * 8-^ilctilaVae, 

 articulo primo apicem versus dilatato, articulis reliquis clavam depressam 



brm rahihhfud^ aflilirnftt sdt oi Tyii^riofed aalisfi iBq oJunlm 



— : ssbiqintotoot*! ' 

 * Smaragdites, the emerald stone; in allusion to the splendour of the 

 insect. 



f Ktosttr, a spindle, and keras, a horn; from the fusiform [spindle- 

 shaped] antennae, joa arfj moil ;sniw <w<m\<\ bmr,*OD t v^$k$£ * 



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