24 MONOGRAPHIA CHALCIDITUM. 



Naturf. 24. 56. 19. Tab. 2. fig. 23. 



0&». Encycl. Method. V. 438. /toss?' 



Faun. Etrus. II. 58. 803. Zafr. Regne 



Anim. III. 474 ; 2VW. £<£*. V. 295. 



2VW?. Die*, tfjy^. Nat. VI. 13. PI. B. 



23. 10. Panar. 78. fig. 15. Don. XI. 



57. 379. Lam. Anim. sans Vertebres, 



IV. 153. Leach, Ed. Encycl. IX. 144. 



Samouelle, 271. PI. 8. fig. 6. Fonscol. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. XXVI. 276. 2. 

 Smiera clavipes . Spin. Ann. du Museum, fyc. Tom. XVII. 

 Chalcis sispes . Dalm. Act. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 



fur dr. 1820. 

 Smiera sispes . . Curtis, Brit. Ent. 472. 



Mas. — Nigra, pilis canis vestita: oculi ocellique fusci : antennae 

 subfiliformes, corporis dimidio breviores ; scapus nitidus : palpi 

 maxillares articulis 4 ; l us . brevis, extfis excavatus ; 2 US . multd 

 longior ; 3 US . brevis, 1°. aequalis : mentum quam S. nigrificis latius : 

 palpi articulis 3 fere aequalibus ; 2 US . paullo brevior : mesotho- 

 racis scutellum apice bisponosum ; squamula? fuscse : petiolus 

 quam *S*. nigrificis brevior : abdomen nitidum : pedes nigri ; pro- 

 et mesofemora apice rufa ; metafemora rufa, apice nigra, subtus 

 dentibus 8 inaequalibus armata ; pro- et mesotibise nigro-fuscae ; 

 metatibise nigras ; tarsi rufi, apice fusci; alee subfuscse, apice 

 fuscse ; nervi fusci. 



Fern. — Antennae paulld breviores, clavatse : oviductus rufo-fuscus. 

 (Corp. long. 2f — 3| lin. ; alar. 4f — 5j lin.) 



Far. /3. — Metafemora extus flavo maculata. 



Described from specimens taken at Paris by M. F. de La- 

 porte. Unlike C. nigrifex, it abounds more in the North 

 than in the South of Europe. 



There are three more described European species ; viz. — 



Sp. 3. Smi. melanaris. 



Chalcis melanaris . . Dalm. Act. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. 



Handl. fur dr. 1820. 

 Smiera Macleanii . . Curtis, Brit. Ent. 472. 



Taken lately in Essex. 



