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Family CHALCIDID^E. 



Chalcis belfragei, new species. 



Female. Length 4.5 mm. Black ; head and thorax closely umbili- 

 cately punctured ; antennae black, scape with the basal half light 

 yellowish : antennal fossa wide, extending to anterior ocellus, the 

 carinate sides curved, converging strongly above ; mesonotum, includ- 

 ing scutellum and postscutcllum medially, red ; wings subhyaline, 

 teguhe light yellow ; front and middle legs light yellow, their femora 

 basally red; hind coxae black with a red blotch beneath; hind femora 

 red, the bases and apices of the hind femora, the tibiae and the tarsi 

 light yellow, the tibiae with the bases and a median annulus yellow ; 

 hind femora near base beneath with a dentiform angle followed by 

 nl )< nit nine small blunt teeth; abdomen beyond the first segment 

 strongly pubescent, especially on the sides ; apical margin of the second 

 -cement finely punctured, the rest of the segment more coarsely 

 punctured, except a small median basal area which is smooth. 



Male. Unknown. 



Texas, Belfrag-e collector, 9 specimens. 

 Type Cat. No. 12780, U. S. National Museum. 



Chalcis slossonae, new species. 



Female. Length 6 mm. Black; head and thorax coarsely, closely 

 umbilicately punctured ; antennae black, the antennal fossa very deep 

 and broad, extending to anterior ocellus, the heavily carinate side> 

 straight, almost parallel ; the distance between the eyes and the fossa 

 not greater than the length of the first joint of the funicle ; depressed 

 apical margin of the scutellum broad, emarginate ; mesosternum with 

 the anterior margin reflexed medially and with two saw-like teeth, 

 widely separated; wings dusky; tegulae light yellowish; front and inter- 

 mediate legs with the femora black, apices of femora, tibiae, and 

 tarsi light yellowish ; the tibiae medially with a large black spot on the 

 n-ar side; hind legs as follows: coxae red, the upper side black, 

 femora red, tips yellow, lower apical margin black; tibiae ydlou, 

 the base and a median annulus black; tarsi yellow, tips black; hind 

 coxae below with a tubercle on the inner margin ; hind femora on the 

 outer side with small punctures and with an immense red tooth on 

 the lower margin near base, beyond are about nine small black teeth ; 

 abdomen black, the sides with more or less reddish; second segment 

 finely punctured apically, basally with a row of large punctuures. 



Hale. Lentil 5 mm. Similar to the female; hind coxae with mmv 

 black and lacking the tubercle; large tooth on hind femora black. 



^Habitat Biscayne Bay, Florida. Mrs. A. T. Slosson, col- 

 lector. 



Ty/>c Cat. No. 12779, U. S. National Museum. 



