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alae albo-hyalinae, irideseentes, ciliatae ; nervi fusci ; stigma; 



obscurius, parvum. 

 Fern. — Nigro-viridis : abdomen cyaneo-viride. (Corp. long. •§• — f lin. ; 



alar. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Far. (3. — Mas, tborax viridis : mesothoracis scutellum, metathorax 



et abdomen cyanea. 



June and August; on grass in fields; near London. June; 

 Windsor Forest. 



Note. — This genus is allied to Pirenc, and probably connects 

 the Spalangiidce and the Ormoceridce. 



Genus Asaphes. 1 ' Walker. 



Caput mediocre, thorace vix latius, transversum, non antice pro- 

 ductum, inter oculos subimpressum : oculi mediocres, laterales : 

 ocelli supra verticem trigone dispositi : mandibular arcuatee, 

 bidentatae ; dentes longi, acuminati : maxillae elongatae, interne 

 apicem versus in lobum products : palpi maxillares biarticulati, 

 mediocres : mentum ovatum : labium sat longum, antice im- 

 pressum : palpi labiales breves, crassi, biarticulati : maris antenna? 

 12-articulatae, clavatee, thorace breviores ; articulus l us . gracilis, 

 flagelli dimidio longior ; 2 UK . mediocris, elongato-cyathiformis ; 

 3 US . minimus ; 4 US . et 5 sequentes breves, cyathiformes ; clava 

 ovata, acuminata, articulos 2 praecedentes longitudine adequans : 

 fern, antennae paullo breviores ; clava paullo brevior et obtusior : 

 thorax ovatus, convexus : i^ro thoracis scutellum magnum, sub- 

 quadratum : mesothoracis scutum maximum ; parapsides bene 

 determinate ; paraptera et scutum magna, hoc conicum : meta- 

 thorax mediocris : maris abdomen ovatum, convexum ; segmenta 

 l um . et 2 um . maxima, 4 sequentia minima ; segmenta 5 ventralia 

 subtus conspicua : fern, abdomen paullo longius, subtus carinatum, 

 apice elevatum ; segmenta 5 dorsalia subtus basin versus retracta, 

 et ventralia nisi ad basin tegentia : oviductus subexertus : pedes 

 simplices; cozae parvae ; tibiae rectaa, apice spinis armatae; tarsi 

 graciles ; articuli l mo . ad 4 um . longitudine decrescentes, 5 US . 4°. 

 longior : ungues et pulvilli parvi : alae angustae ; nervus solitus 

 ramulum sat longum emittens ; stigma ramulum emittens brevis- 

 simum. 



b aa-apTjt, obscurus. 



