Mr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 183 



podeon short : abdomen elliptical, depressed above, keeled beneath, 

 rather longer but not broader than the thorax ; disc dark cupreous ; 

 metapodeon and following segments of moderate size : legs slender, 

 green ; coxae and thighs squameous ; knees and tips of the tibiae 

 white ; tarsi fuscous, white towards the base ; protarsi piceous ; wings 

 slightly fuscous ; nervures fuscous ; humerus less than one-third of 

 the length of the wing ^ ulna much longer than the humerus ; radius 

 and cubitus very short, the former a little longer than the latter ; 

 stigma of moderate size. 

 August, near Dover. 



24. Entedon Ccedicius, mas. Viridi-cupreus, antennis piceis, pe- 

 dibus albidis, alls limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. | : alar. lin. 1 J.) 



Bright, broad, rather short, cupreous, varied with green : head and 

 thorax convex : head transverse, as broad as the thorax, very finely 

 squameous, almost smooth ; vertex broad ; front abruptly declining, 

 not inapressed : eyes of moderate size, not prominent : ocelli disposed 

 in a triangle on the vertex : antennse setaceous, slender, piceous, in- 

 serted near the mouth ; first joint long, slender, fulvous ; second long- 

 cyathiform ; third and following joints nearly linear ; club fusiform, 

 acuminated, longer than the preceding joint : thorax oval, finely squa- 

 meous : 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, rather large : propodeon large, obco- 

 nic, declining, rugulose : podeon distinct, equal in length to one- 

 fourth of the abdomen : abdomen depressed, smooth, shining, rather 

 broader than long, as broad as the thorax but less than half its length; 

 metapodeon of moderate size; octoon and following segments to the 

 protelum each shorter than the metapodeon ; paratelum and telum 

 very short : legs white ; tips of the tarsi fuscous : wings limpid ; fore- 

 wings broad ; nervures yellow ; humerus less than one-third of the 

 length of the wing ; ulna much longer than the humerus ; radius less 

 than one-fourth of the length of the ulna ; cubitus much shorter than 

 the radius ; stigma very small. 



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



25. Entedon Nautius, mas. Cyaneo-viridis, abdominis disco ceneo, 

 antennis nigris, pedibus stramineis, alis limpidis. (Corp. long, 

 lin. 1 ; alar. lin. 1^.) 



Body nearly linear, bright bluish green : head and thorax convex, 

 finely squameous : head transverse, short, as broad as the thorax ; 

 vertex broad ; front impressed, abruptly declining : eyes of moderate 

 size, not prominent : ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex : an- 

 tennae setaceous, black, pubescent, much shorter than the thorax ; 

 first joint long, slender, fulvous; second long- cyathi form ; third large; 

 fourth and following joints nearly linear ; club fusiform, acuminated : 

 thorax oval : prothorax transverse, very short : scutum of the meso- 

 thorax broad ; eutures of the parapsides distinct, slightly approach- 

 ing each other tovvards the scutellum ; axillae triangular, small, sepa- 



