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



the former armed with long spines ; coxae green ; knees fulvous ; 

 protibise and protarsi fuscous : wings limpid ; nervures fuscous ; hu- 

 merus yellow, much less than half the length of the wing ; ulna 

 broad, very short ; radius longer than the ulna ; cubitus of moderate 

 length, pointing towards the disc of the wing ; stigma extremely 

 smsJl. 



Found by Dr. Greville near Edinburgh. 



14. Encyrtus Meges, fern. Nigro-cupreus, scutello ahdominisque 

 basi cupreis, antennis nigris, pedibus nigris, genubus tarsisque ful- 

 vis, alts limpidis. (Corp. long, lin. |^; alar, lin, 1^.) 



Body stout, dark cupreous : head and thorax convex, finely squa- 

 meous : head transverse, as broad as the thorax ; vertex rather nar- 

 row, front not impressed : eyes large, not prominent : ocelli near 

 together, disposed in a triangle on the vertex : antennae black, cla- 

 vate, inserted near the mouth, as long as the thorax ; first joint long, 

 fusiform, slender toward the base ; second long-cyathiform ; third 

 very minute ; fourth, fifth and sixth small ; seventh, eighth and ninth 

 broader; club 3-jointed, fusiform, much broader and rather longer 

 than the three preceding joints : thorax rounded in front, square be- 

 hind : prothorax transverse, short, convex in front, straight behind : 

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

 axillae large, triangular, complete ; scutellum bright cupreous, large, 

 obconic, reaching to the base of the abdomen : metathorax, propo- 

 deon and podeon very short and broad : abdomen obconic, depressed, 

 smooth, shining, much shorter than the thorax ; metapodeon short, 

 bright cupreous, varied with green ; octoon and following segments 

 transverse, short : legs stout, black ; knees and tarsi fulvous ; tips of 

 tarsi piceous ; middle tibiae dilated, fulvous at the tips and armed 

 with long spines ; middle tarsi dilated : wings limpid ; nervures ful- 

 vous ; humerus rather less than half the length of the wing ; ulna 

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

 stigma very small. 



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



15. Encyrtus Prcecia, mas. Cupreus, scuta viridi, abdomine nigra 

 cupreo, antennis nigris, pedibus fulvis nigra cinctis, alis limpidis. 

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



Body slender : head and thorax convex, cupreous, finely squa- 

 meous : head transverse, a little broader than the thorax ; vertex 

 broad ; front slightly impressed : eyes of moderate size, not promi- 

 nent : ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex : antennae black, 

 slender, filiform, inserted near the mouth, much longer than the tho- 

 rax ; first joint long, slender ; second long-cyathiform ; third very 

 minute ; fourth and following joints to the ninth small, of nearly 

 equal size ; club fusiform, as long as the three preceding joints : 

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

 thorax broad, bluish green ; parapsides united to the scutum ; axillae 

 complete ; scutellum obconic : metathorax, propodeon and podeon 

 very short : abdomen oval, depressed, smooth, shining, cupreous 



