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punctured. Abdomen smooth and shining, the apical segments 

 aciculated. Hind femora regularly toothed below ; the teeth small, 

 black, and covered with white pubescence. 



Chalcis leighi, sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with long, silvery pubescence ; the tegulae, 

 the four anterior legs, except the coxae and trochanters, the apex of the 

 hind femora and the tibiae and tarsi, yellow ; the wings hyaline, the 

 nervures black ; the hind femora with about ten teeth, the basal 

 short, stumpy, the apical one longer and sharper ; those behind it 

 widely separated, short, not very distinct ; they are almost hid by 

 silvery pubescence. 2 . 



Length 7 mm. 



Natal. Durban. 



A stout, robust species. Antennal scape slender, shining, 

 sparsely haired below ; the flagellum stout, opaque, densely covered 

 with short, white pubescence. Front laterally, and vertex closely 

 rugosely punctured ; the sides of the face finely rugose ; the central 

 plate smooth and shining, obliquely narrowed above, slightly, 

 gradually narrowed below ; the middle of clypeus smooth, the sides 

 with a double row of irregular punctures. Base of mandibles 

 rugose, the apex smooth, shining; there are three short, blunt teeth. 

 Pro-mesonotum and scutellum closely rugosely punctured, more 

 or less reticulated; the scutellum more strongly than the rest; 

 the parapsidal furrows are indicated towards the apex. The two 

 lobes of the scutellum are smooth, shining, placed somewhat low 

 down, roundly narrowed towards the apex ; they project over 

 the metanotum, which is widely, irregularly reticulated ; there is a 

 row of areae bordering the base ; the areola is depressed, opaque, 

 closely, finely punctured, narrowed at the base, not very clearly 

 defined at the apex, more than twice longer than wide. Pro- 

 pleurae irregularly aciculated-punctured ; a stout curved keel in the 

 middle. The foveas at the base of the mesopleurae are shallow, 

 oval ; they are on the centre only. Metapleurae closely, rugosely 

 reticulated. The basal segment of the abdomen is obscurely 

 punctured, shining ; the second to fifth are finely aciculated, 

 punctured, with a transverse row of punctures on their apices ; 

 the sixth segment is strongly, closely, deeply punctured and covered 

 with silvery pubescence. 



