34 MONOGRAPHIA CIIALCIDITUM. 



Nigra, punctata, pilis canis vestita : oculi fusci : ocelli rufo-fusci : 

 mesothoracis scutellum inerme ; squamulae flavae : abdomen 

 nitidum, glabrum, basi nudum : pedes nigri ; pro- et mesofemora 

 apice fulva ; metafemora apice flava ; pro- et mesotibiae fuscae, basi, 

 apice et subtus fulvae; metatibiae apice et macula basim versus ful- 

 va? ; tarsi fulvi ; ungues et pulvilli fusci : alae subfuscae, medio ob- 

 scuriores : nervi fusci. (Corp. long, lj — l^lin.; alar. 2| — 1% lin.) 



Taken near Paris by M. F. de Laporte. 



Genus V. Hockeria, 8 De Laporte. 



Chalcis . . Fabricius, Gmelin, Olivier, Latreille. 

 Halticella. Spinola, Olivier, fyc. 

 Hockeria . De Laporte. 



Caput Halticellce : antennae 13-articulatae, prope os insertae ; maris 

 subfusiformes, corporis dimidio longiores ; fern, subclavatse, paullo 

 breviores ; articulus l us . flagelk' dimidii longitudinem ; 2 US . cya- 

 thiformis; 3 US . et 8-sequentes subaequales ; 12 us . et 13 us . minimi, 

 vix conspicui : os Halticellce : thorax ovatus : pectus parvum : 

 prothoracis scutellum magnum, quadratum : mesothoracis scutum 

 magnum ; parapsides bene determinatae ; scutellum magnum, 

 subrotundum ; paraptera et epimera mediocria : metathoracis 

 scutellum maximum, medio canaliculatum : maris abdomen 

 sessile, ovatum, convexum ; segmentum l um . magnum ; sequentia 

 parva, apicem versus longitudine decrescentia ; subtus abdomen 

 segmenta 7 ventralia conspicua, basalia apicalibus longiora : fern. 

 abdomen elongato-ovatum, subtus carinatum ; segmentum l um . 

 maximum, abdominis dimidio paullo brevius ; 2 um . mediocre ; 

 3 um . 4 um . et 5 um . parva ; 6 um . latius ; segmenta ventralia vix 

 conspicua : propedes mediocres ; tibiae apice spina armatae ; 

 tarsi breves ; ungues et pulvilli minuti : mesopedes paullo tenui- 

 ores : metapedes elongati ; coxae maximas, trigona? ; femora 

 magna, ovata, subtus apice dentibus 2 magnis obtusis armata ; 

 tibiae arcuatae, subtus canaliculatae, apice latiores et spinis 

 2 armatae : proalae nervus ordinarius costae partem brevissimam 

 occupans; ramulus stigmaticalis minimus, vix furcatus. 



This genus forms the second division of Chalcis, in La- 

 treille's Gen. Crust, et Ins. See. Spinola placed it with Chalcis 

 pusilla in his genus Halticella, which was probably formed on 

 the species belonging to it ; but this being uncertain, I have 



s dyxriphs tumidus. 



