526 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Chalcura Kirby. 



°C. gibbosa Provancher. 



Female : length 3 mm. ; mostly black ; antennae with the first 

 and second joints yellowish, vertex punctate, clypeus polished, 

 face covered with scratches converging to a median ridge ; thorax 

 gibbose, punctate; wings hyaline, stigma and vein pale yellow; 

 most of the legs yellowish, coxas black; abdomen polished, the 

 second segment enveloping the succeeding segments. 



CHALCIDID^. 

 Key to Genera. 



1. Abdomen with a distinct petiole; ovipositor not exserted 2 



Abdomen nearly sessile 3 



2. Thorax immaculate, mid tibiae not spurred at apex 



Smicra p. 526 

 Thorax maculated, mid tibiae with spurs Spilochalcis p. 526 



3. Antennae inserted in middle of face 4 



Antennae inserted near mouth; head not comuted; anten- 

 nae i2-jointed; metathorax without projections or teeth, 

 scutel neither bidentate nor spined; hind femora finely 

 denticulate beneath Conura p. 527 



4. Abdomen conical Phasgonophora p. 527 



Abdomen subglobose Chalcis p. 528 



Smicra Spinola. 

 Key to Species. 



Abdomen black; face entirely black; petiole as long as 

 rest of abdomen and nearly as long as posterior coxae; 

 posterior femora black or brown, generally yellowish at 

 base. Length nearly 4 mm microgaster 



Abdomen more or less red; posterior femora obscure reddish, , 

 varied with blackish, inner side mostly reddish. Length 

 5 mm ruf of emorata 



°S. microgaster Say. 



S. rufofemorata Cresson. 

 Branford, June 21, 1904 (H. L. V.). 



Spilochalcis Thomson. 



Key to Species. 



I. Thorax with ground color black 2 



Thorax with ground color not black 4 



