Mr. Walker 07i the British Chalcldites. 2.33 



fulvi : abdomen viride ; discus purpureo-cupreus : pedes fulvi ; coxae cya- 

 neo-virides; femora viridi-picea; genua flava; meso- et metatarsi flavi, 

 apice fusci : alae fuscze ; squamulae picese ; nervi proalis fusci, metalis flavi. 

 (Corp. long. lin. 1 ; alar. lin. 1|-.) 



Found near Edinburgh, by Dr. Greville. 



Mas. P. Favorino proximus : corpus longum, sublineare, convexum, pa- 

 rum nitens, scitissime squameum, parce hirtum : caput transversum, breve, 

 thorace pauUo latius ; vertex latus ; frons abrupte declivis, vix impressa : 

 oculi mediocres, non extantes : antennae graciles, filiforraes, thorace multo 

 longiores; articulus 1"* gracilis, sublinearis ; 2"* subrotundus ; 3"* et 4"* 

 minimi; 5"^ et sequentes longi, lineares, usque ad 10"i" curtantes ; clava 

 longifusiformis, articulo lO^plus duplo longior : thorax longiovatus : protho- 

 rax trans versus, brevissimus : mesothoracis scutum longitudine vix latius ; 

 parapsidum suturae vix conspicuse ; scutellum prominens, fere conicum : me- 

 tathorax transversus, sat magnus, declivis, postice angustior : petiolus bre- 

 vissimus : abdomen depressum, Iseve, nitens, basi ad apicem latescens, tho- 

 race paullo longius et angustius : pedes graciles, simplices, subsequales : alae 

 mediocres ; nervus humeralis ulnarifere duplo longior, radialis ulnari multo 

 longior, cubitalis radiali multo brevior ; stigma minutum. 



Sp. 2. Pter. Varro, Mas. Cyaneo-viridis, abdomen cupreo purpureum 

 fulvo-maculatum, antenncp, nigrce, pedes lutei fusco-cincti, alcB limpidce. 



Cyaneo-viridis : oculi et ocelli rufi : antennae nigrae ; articuli 1 "* et 2"* 

 virides : abdomen cupreo-purpureum, ante medium fulvo obsolete macula- 

 tum : pedes lutei ; coxae virides ; femora fusca, apice flava ; tarsi apice 

 fusci ; mesotibise fusco cinctae ; metatibiae fuscae ; protarsi fulvi : alas lim- 

 pidae ; squamulae picese ; nervi proalis fusci, metalis flavi. (Corp. long. lin. 

 14-; alar. lin. 2^.) 



Found near Edinburgh, by Dr. Greville. 



Genus Encyrtus, Dalman. 

 Mas. E. clavicorni proximus : corpus breve, crassum, latum, convexum, 

 scitissime squameum, rude punctatum, parum nitens, parce pubescens : ca- 

 put transversum, breve, thorace non latius ; vertex latus ; frons abrupte de- 

 clivis, non impressa : oculi mediocres, non extantes : antennae clavatse, 

 crassae, ad os insertae, thorace longiores; articulus 1"* basi ad apicem lates- 

 cens ; 2"* longicyathiformis ; 3"^ et sequentes breves, usque ad 8"^" lates- 

 centes; clava longiconica, articulo 8" multo latior et triplo longior : thorax 

 sublinearis, latitudine duplo longior: prothorax transversus, brevissimus: 

 mesothoracis scutum longitudine multo latius ; parapsides scuto in unum 

 confusae ; paraptera fere inter scutum et scutellum convenientia ; scutellum 

 magnum, longiobconicum : metathorax transversus, parvus : abdomen obco- 

 nicum, planum, nitens, laeve, fere glabrum, quasi sessile, thorace multo bre- 

 vius vix angustius ; segmentum 1""^ maximum, 2""^ et sequentia brevissima : 

 pedes validi ; mesopedum tibiae longse apice crassae et spinigerae, tarsi lati : 

 alae mediocres ; nervus humeralis costae dimidio brevior, cubitalis sat longus, 

 ulnaris et radialis nulli. 



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