184 Mr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 



rated from each other by nearly the whole breadth of the dorsum j 

 scutellum rhomboidal : propodeon transverse, subquadrate, rugulosey 

 shining, decumbent, of moderate size : podeon very short ; abdomen 

 nearly linear, depressed, shining, very finely squameous, narrower 

 than the thorax and hardly more than half its length ; disc aeneous ; 

 metapodeon bright blue towards the base ; octoon, ennaton and de- 

 caton of moderate size, each rather shorter 4;han the metapodeon j 

 protelum, paratelum and telum short : legs very pale yellow ; tips of 

 the tarsi fuscous : wings limpid ; fore- wings broad ; nervures fulvous ; 

 humerus less than one-third of the length of the wing ; ulna much 

 longer than the humerus ; radius about one-fourth of the length of 

 the ulna ; cubitus very short, not more than one-half of the length 

 of the radius ; stigma very small. 



England. From the collection of the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 



26. Entedon Glabrio, mas. Nigro-viridis, abdomine cupreo, an- 

 tennis nigris, pedibus Jlavis, femoribus viridibus, alls limpidis, 

 (Corp. long. lin. f ; alar. lin. 1.) 



Body narrow, nearly linear : head and thorax convex, dark green, 

 finely squameous : head transverse, short, a little broader than the 

 thorax ; vertex broad ; front much impressed t eyes of moderate size, 

 not prominent : ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex : antennae 

 filiform, stout, pubescent, black, as long as the thorax ; first joint 

 long, stout, fusiform ; second small ; third, fourth and fifth nearly 

 equal in size ; club fusiform, acuminated, longer than the preceding 

 joint : thorax oval : prothorax very short : scutum of the mesothorax 

 broad; sutures of the parapsides distinct, approaching each other 

 towards the scutellum ; axillae triangular, of moderate size, remote 

 from each other ; scutellum rhomboidal : propodeon obconic, decli- 

 ning, rugulose : podeon very short : abdomen conical, depressed, 

 smooth, shining, cupreous, aeneous green towards the base, narrower 

 and much shorter than the thorax ; metapodeon of moderate length ; 

 octoon and following segments each shorter than the metapodeon : 

 legs fulvous ; coxae and thighs green ; tips of the tarsi fuscous : wings 

 limpid ; nervures fuscous ; humerus less than one- third of the length 

 of the wing; ulna much longer than the humerus; radius rather 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the ulna ; cubitus not more 

 than half the length of the radius ; stigma small. 



England. From the collection of the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 



27. Entedon (Pediobius) Imbreus, fem. Niger, cyaneo et viridi 

 varius, antennis nigris, pedibus cyaneo -viridibus, tarsis albis, alis 

 limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. f ; alar. lin. 1.) 



Body convex, black, shining here and there with blue or green : 

 head and thorax finely squameous : head transverse, as broad as the 

 thorax ; front convex, not impressed : eyes of moderate size, not pro- 

 minent : ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex : antennae clavate, 

 black, shorter than the thorax : thorax oval : prothorax transverse, 

 short, narrower in front : scutum transverse ; sutures of the parapsi- 

 des indistinct ; scutellum obconic : propodeon short, declining : po- 



