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5. C. flavicoxa, n. sp. — Coppery green, feet yellow, hind coxa yellow, bright 

 preen at thebasi-i; anterior half of the Hbdomen yellow; posterior purplish 

 copj)ery ; a slight shade of yellow in the middle of the forewings. 9 about O.l.'',, 

 ovipositor 0.10 of an inch long. 



Face shining green with a golden reflection, very finely (almost microscopi- 

 cally), and sparsely punctured and pubescent ; front more coppery and rather 

 opaque. Antennre black; scapus, except its tip, yellow ; mouth yellow on the 

 underside, mandibles somewhat brownish. Ground color of the thorax a ra- 

 ther dull metallic green, more or less tinged with coppery; this coppery tinge 

 sometimes aj^pears principally on the prothorax. sometimes it extends, also, 

 over the whole mesothorax : there is, usually, (although not always) a darker 

 spot on the anterior part of the prothornx, near the junction with the head, 

 which spot, in some specimens, has a beautiful purple color. The narrow hind 

 edge of the scutellum, separated by a furrow, and the metathorax are sometimes 

 of a more intense green color. Pleurae shining green. The surface of the tho- 

 rax, including the scutellum, is finely, although not very densely, punctured. 

 The metathorax is smooth, with the usual microscopic sculpture on its sides. 

 Abdomen brownish-yellow; a metallic green spot near the extreme basis 

 above; its posterior half coppery, with a purplish reflection. Feet, including 

 coxae, yellow; hind coxae green at the basis, on the extent of which color they 

 are finely and densely sculptured; basis of the tarsi whitish. Wings grayish 

 hyaline; a pale yellow cloud or streak occupies the middle of the disc, hardly 

 reaching beyond the stigmatical branch. 



Six female speciuieus, reared by Mr. Norton from the gall of Rho- 

 ilites radiciim, O. S. The C. ma(jnifica, as stated above, was reared 

 from the same gall, and it is singular that both species should have 

 two rather unfreijueut characters in cominun, the spot on the neck of 

 the prothorax and the cloud on the disc of the wings. 



I possess specimens of a Callimome very like the preceding species, 

 but distinguished by some constant characters. I found three 9 ^"id 

 fiveS specimen.s of this kind in a box, containing the common black- 

 berry gall; but I am not positive about their having escaped ffnni this 

 gall, as I had kept some rose galls in the same box before. 



The female specimens diU'er from those of C. Jiuvicoxa by a slightly 

 larger size, a distinctly longer ovipositor, which is almost as long as 

 the bjdy without the head, the more handsome green color of the tho- 

 rax, the bluish base of the yellow hind femora and the much less ex- 

 tended purplish-coppery color on the hind part of the abdomen, which, 

 in some specimens, is brownish-yellow with a slight tinge of co|i])ery 

 or greenish near the tip. The male specimens resemble the females, 

 only the abd^micu is altogether of dark color, with a transverse, yellow 

 band upon its anterior part, which separates the greenish basis ii-om 

 the coppery or purplish posterior part. The basis of the hind I'eiuora 

 in some of the specimens is green, instead of blue. A yellowi.-li cloud 

 on the forewings is not perceptible. 



