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tarsi, rufous; hind tibiae black, with an annulus at base and their 



tarsi white; ovip. 15-16 mm P. ho-wardi sp. n. 



2. Head above, the antennae, the thorax above (rarely entirely) and 

 ovipositor, except tips, black. 



Abdomen except tip of claspers, and legs except hind tarsi, rufous ; 

 ovip. 7-8 mm P. ivest'woodi sp. n. 



(1) Pelecinella phantasma Westw. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1868, Proc., p. 36, 9. 



Thes. Ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 142, pi. xxvi, fig. 8. 

 Hab. Amazon river, Brazil, (Bates). 

 Types in Hope Museum at Oxford. 



(2) Pelecinella howardi sp. n. 



9- Length to tip of claspers 24 mm.; to tip of ovipositor 38 mm. 

 Black ; anterior tibiae and tarsi, hind coxae and femora, rufous ; hind tibiae, 

 except a white annulus at base, black or fuscous ; hind tarsi, except basal 

 one-third of basal joint, white. Wings subhyaline ; tegulae rufous; sub- 

 marginal, marginal, the sessile stigmal, and the postmarginal veins black; 

 spurious veins fuscous. Abdomen much longer than the head and thorax 

 united, mostly black, the second and third segments rufous, the latter more 

 or less stained with black and becoming black towards apex; ovipositor 

 as long as abdomen, its tip white. 



Hab. Chapada. 



Described from 2 9 specimens in Herbert Smith collection. 

 It is at once distinguished from P. phantasma Westw. by the 

 color of legs and abdomen and by the much longer ovipositor. 



I have dedicated this grand Chalcidid to my friend Mr. L. O. 

 Howard. 



(3) Pelecinella westwoodi sp. n. 



9- Length to tip of claspers 16-17 mm.; to tip of ovipositor 19 to 22 

 mm. Mostly rufous, the thorax more or less marked with black or some 

 times entirely black except a rufous spot at sides ; antennae, the bottom 

 of antennal furrow, vertex, occiput, veins in wings, tips of the broad clasp- 

 ersattipof adbomen, and the ovipositor, except extreme tip (which iswhite), 

 black; hind tarsi white, the basal one-fourth of the first joint, including 

 the extreme tip of the tibiae and the tibial spurs, black. 



Hab. Chapada and Port Branca. 



Described from 2 9 specimens in Herbert Smith collection. 



This species is quite distinct in the color of the legs and abdo 

 men and in size from the other forms mentioned here. The 

 anterior and middle legs, especially their tibiae and tarsi, are paler 

 than the posterior pair, and rather more of a brownish-yellow 

 than rufous. 



It is dedicated to the late Prof. John O. Westwood. 



