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Host Eggs of Notolophus oslari. 

 Type No. 12781, U. S. National Museum. 

 Most closely related to T. koebelei Ashmead, which, how- 

 ever, has the postscutellum entirely rugoso-punctate. 



A NEW CHALCIS FROM CHINA. 



[Hymenoptera, Chalcididae.] 

 BY J. C. CRAWFORD. 



Chalcis koebelei, new species. 



Female. Length about 6 mm. Black, head and thorax coarsely 

 umbilicately punctured, the lower part of face rugoso-punctate ; face 

 below antenna? medially almost impunctured, smooth and shiny; clypetis 

 and labrum smooth, shiny, the former with a few punctures : the malar 

 space less coarsely sculptured than the face, the carina at its front 

 running almost to eye, then turning abruptly backward to join the 

 carina at the rear ; depressed apical margin of scutellum deeply 

 emarginate : tegulse yellow; wings slightly dusky; front margin of 

 mesosternum medially strongly elevated into a process armed with t\v<> 

 sharply pointed teeth, set close together ; legs black and deep yellow ; 

 the front and middle legs beyond the middle of the femora yellow ; 

 hind femora apically yellow, the outer side at base yellow ; hind 

 tibia? and tarsi entirely yellow; hind femora on lower margin near 

 base with a triangular tooth followed by a series of about a do/en 

 smaller teeth, these gradually decreasing in size toward apex of femur; 

 femora on inner side finely but distinctly punctured; first segment of 

 abdomen smooth except a small area on each side with puncture- ; 

 following segments closely punctured, second segment along apical 

 margin finely punctured. 



Male. Unknown. 



Habitat Hong Kong, China (Koebele), four specimens. 

 Type Cat. No. 12790, U. S. National Museum. 

 In one specimen the upper margin of the hind femora is 

 yellow, connecting the basal and apical yellow spots. 



