M0N0GRAPH1A CHALCIDITUM. 35 



adopted De Lapovte's generic name. The peculiar form and 

 low insertion of the antennae, and the very short part of the 

 costa occupied by the ordinary nervures of the superior wings, 

 are characters possessed also by the Encyrtidce. 



Sp. 1. Hoc. bispinosa. Fem. Nigra, pro- et mesotibiis 

 tarsisque omnibus rujis, proalis medio fuscis, albo macu- 

 latis. 



Chalcis bispinosa . . Fabr. Syst. Piezat. 166. 28. Fonscol. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. 26. 279. 9. 

 Halticella bispinosa. Spin. Ann. Mas. Hist. Nat. Tom. 



XVII. Oliv. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 



Nigra, nitida, punctata, vix pilosa : oculi fusci : ocelli rufo-fusci : 

 mesothoracis scutellum apice bispinosum ; squamulce rufo-fuscae : 

 abdomen nitidissimum, glabrum, acuminatum, subtus rufo-fuscum ; 

 pedes nigri ; pro- et mesotibiae omnino, et metatibise apice rufae : 

 tarsi run ; ungues et pulvilli fusci : alas subfuscae ; proalce 

 medio fuscae, albo bimaculatae ; nervi fusci. (Corp. long. 

 2 lin. ; alar. 2$ lin.) 



Taken near Paris, by M. F. de Laporte. 



Sp. 2. Hoc. bifasciata. Fem. Nigra, tarsis rtifis, proalis 

 fasco bifasciatis. 



Chalcis bimaculata. Fonscol. Ann. Sci. Nat. XXVI. 280. 11. 



Nigra, obscura, punctata, pilosa : oculi fusci : ocelli rufo-fusci : 

 antennae nigrae, graciles, tborace longiores : mesothoracis scu- 

 tellum inerme ; squamulae nigrae : abdomen II. bispinosa; sed 

 brevius, nitidum, glabrum, basi nudum, subtus rufo-fuscum : 

 pedes nigri ; femora postica subtus fusca ; coxae, tibiae apice 

 tarsique rufescentes ; ungues et pulvilli fusci : alae subfuscae ; 

 proalarum fasciae medio connectse : nervi fusci. (Corp. long. 

 1— li lin. ; alar. 2— 2\. lin.) 



Taken near Paris, by M. F. de Laporte. 



Sp. 3. Hoc. hetera. Mas. Nigra, pedibus rujis, meta- 

 femoribus et tibiis nigris, mesothoracis scutello intcgro. 



Nigra, nitida, punctata, pilosa : oculi fusci : ocelli rufo-fusci : an- 

 tennae nigrae, gracillimae, corporis dimidio longiores : scapus 

 perlongus : mesothoracis scutellum inerme ; squamulae rufo- 



