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black, shorter and narrower than the thorax ; metapodeon of mode- 

 rate size ; octoon and following segments short : legs pale fulvous, 

 slender ; middle tibiae and middle tarsi dilated, and the tips of the 

 former armed with long spines ; thighs and middle tibiae striped with 

 black ; hind thighs and hind tibiae black, tips of the latter fulvous ; 

 hind knees pale yellow: wings limpid, narrow; nervures yellow; 

 humerus much less than half the length of the wing ; ulna and ra- 

 dius extremely short ; cubitus longer than the radius ; stigma very 

 small. 



Var. |3. Scutum green, aeneous towards the fore border. 



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



16. Encyrtus Peticus, mas. Cyaneo-viridis, scutello cupreo, abdo- 

 mine nigro, antennis nigris, pedibus flavis viridi cinctis, alis Urn- 

 pidis. (Corp. long. lin. ^\ alar. lin. 1.) 



Body nearly linear, somewhat narrow : head and thorax convex, 

 bluish green, finely squameous : head transverse, a little broader than 

 the thorax ; vertex broad ; front abruptly declining, not impressed : 

 eyes red, of moderate size, not prominent : ocelli forming a triangle 

 on the vertex ; antennae slender, subclavate, black, shorter than the 

 body ; first joint long, linear ; second long-cyathiform ; third and • 

 following joints small, successively increasing in breadth until the 

 ninth ; club fusiform, broader than the ninth joint and thrice its 

 length : thorax oblong- subquadrate : prothorax transverse, very 

 short : scutum of the mesothorax broad ; parapsides united to the 

 scutum ; paraptera large, yellow ; axillae triangular, meeting on the 

 dorsum ; scutellum obconic, dull cupreous, of moderate size, abruptly 

 declining at the tip : propodeon transverse, short, declining : po- 

 deon extremely short ; abdomen obconic, depressed, smooth, shining, 

 bluish black, much shorter and rather narrower than the thorax; 

 metapodeon bluish green, of moderate size ; octoon and following 

 segments short : legs yellow, long, slender ; coxae green ; mesopedes 

 dilated as usual ; propedes fulvous ; thighs and tibiae of mesopedes 

 and of metapedes each encircled with a broad green band : tips of 

 the tarsi piceous : wings limpid, rather narrow ; nervures fulvous ; 

 humerus much less than half the length of the wing ; ulna and ra- 

 dius extremely short ; cubitus of moderate length, pointing towards 

 the disc of the wing ; stigma very small. 



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



17. Encyrtus Metharma, fern. Cupreus, scuta (Bneo-viridi, capite 

 thoracisque laterihus rufis, antennis nigris jlavo fasciatis, pedibus 

 flavis piceo vittatis, alis limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. ^; alar. lin. 1.) 



Body stout : head and thorax convex, finely squameous : head pale 

 red, nearly semicircular, convex in front, slightly impressed behind, 

 as broad as the thorax ; vertex narrow : eyes large, not prominent : 

 ocelli disposed in a small triangle, the middle one much in advance 

 of the other two : antennae clavate, black, inserted near the mouth, 

 longer than the thorax ; first joint piceous, long, stout, fusiform ; 

 second long-cyathiform ; third very minute ? ; fourth and following 



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