GO E. T. CRESSON. 



white or yellow, with the last or two last joints black ; abdomen more 

 or less pubescent at apex with silvery white or golden hairs. 



4. Chalcis robusta. ^ 



Chalcis robusta, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv, p. 101. 

 Hub. — Cuba. Four specimens. 



5. Chalcis tcgularis, n. sp. 



9 .—Black, sides of face with dense silvery pubescence ; labrum and base of 

 scape beneath yellow; apex of flagellum ferruginous; thorax immaculate, 

 large, with regular, dilated punctures; scutellum produced, apex bidentate and 

 fringed with whitish pubescence; metathorax coarsely reticulated; tegulse 

 pale hyaline; legs lemon-yellow, posterior coxae above, apical half of their fe- 

 mora within, aspot on outside beneath near apex, as well as the row of minute 

 teeth, black; posterior tibiae black, with a pale yellow stripe behind; posterior 

 tarsi dull ferruginous; abdomen short, ovate, smooth and shining, immaculate, 

 sides and apex with pale pubescence. Length .20 inch. 



Ilab. — Texas. (Belfrage.) One specimen. Distinguished at once 

 from ovata and robuata by the posterior femora being entirely yellow 

 on outer side, except black spot at extreme tips. 



0. Chalcis coloratlciisis, n. sp. 



% . — Black, densely punctured, clothed with a short golden sericeous pubes- 

 cence ; scape pale beneath ; thorax with regular, dilated punctures; apex of scu- 

 tellum emarginate; tegulse yellowish-white; wings hyaline, iridescent; legs fer- 

 ruginous, coxae black, four anterior knees, tips of their tibiae, their tarsi, spot 

 at tip of posterior femora, a band near base of their tibiae and another at tips, 

 pale yellow; femoral teeth small, numerous and black; abdomen short ovate, 

 smooth and polished, apical segments clothed with pale golden pubescence. 

 Length .20 inch. 



Ilab. — Colorado. One specimen. 



7. Chalcis pcdalis, n. sp. 



9 .— Head and thorax black, with pale sericeous pubescence; thorax with 

 large, regular, dilated punctures, apex of scutellum subdentate; tegulae white; 

 wings hyaline; four anterior legs black, apex of their femora, their tibiae at base, 

 apex and within, and their tarsi except apical joints, whitish ; posterior legs fer- 

 ruginous, spot at tip of femora above and a spot at base and apex of their tibiae 

 behind, white; abdomen as long as head and thorax, black, immaculate, 

 polished, apex pubescent. Length .23 inch. 



Ilab. — Texas. (Belfrage.) One specimen. Closely allied to coh- 

 radevsis, which has differently colored legs. 



The following species have not been identified : — 

 Chalcis pemlator. Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3 ser. i, p. 351, % . 

 Ilab. — San Domingo. 



OhalciS restituta. Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3 ser. i, p. 351, ? . 

 Ilab. — Jamaica. 



Chalcis compacta, Walk. Jour. Ent. i, p. 183, % . 

 Ilab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



