164 MONOGRAPHIA CHALCID1TUM. 



Chalcis violacea , . . . Pan;:. Faun. Insect. 88. 15. 

 Diplolepis violacea . . Fabr. Sysl. Piezat. 149. 4. 

 Cynips violacea .... Latr. Hist. Nat. des Insect. XIII. 



222. 3. 

 Cinipsillum violaceum . Lam. Anim. sans Vertebr. IV. 157. 

 Perilampus violaceus . hat. Gen. Crust, et Insect. IV. 30. ; 



Halm. Stockh. Trans. 1822. 898. ; 



Encycl. Method. X. 66. ; Fonscol. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. XXVI. 300. 2. 

 Diplolepis ruiicornis . Fabr. Syst. Piezat. 149. 1. ; Coqueb. 



Illustr. Icon. I. Tab. 1. fig. 8. 

 Cynips ruficornis . . . Latr. Hist. Nat. des Insect. XIII. 



222. 2. 

 Perilampus ruficornis . Latr. Gen. Crust, et Insect. IV. 30.; 



Fonscol. Ann. Sci. Nat, XXVI. 



300. 3. 

 Obs. — P. nigricornis and P. pallipes are probably only 

 varieties of the male and female of this species. 



Obscure seneo-viridis, parum nitens, scaberrimus, pubescens : caput 

 antice et utrinque fere glabrum ; latera striata ; frons nigro- 

 viridis : mandibulae rufo-fuscae : oculi fusci : ocelli obscure rufi : 

 antennae rufae, pubescentes, apice fuscae ; articulus l us . ater, 

 nitidus ; 2 US . fuscus : squamulse rufo-fuscae : mesothoracis scu- 

 tellum tuberculatum : metathorax nigro-viridis : abdomen cya- 

 neum, glabrum, nitidissimum : pedes cyanei, pubescentes ; genua 

 rufo-fusca; tibiae subtus apice fuscae; tarsi rufi : alae subhyalinae; 

 proalae sub-costam obscuriores ; nervi fusci ; stigma parvum. 

 (Corp. long. I* — 2 lin. ; alar. 2h— U lin.) 



Far j3. — Mesothoracis scutellum nigro-viride : abdominis latera 

 cupreo maculata ; protibiae supra apice et subtus omnino fuscae. 



Far. y. — Caput supra thoracisque dorsum aenea. 



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



Sp. 10. Peril, auratus. Fern. Lcete aureus, thorace <pedi- 

 busque cyaneis, antennis tarsisque rufis, alts albis. 



Cynips aurata . . . Pans. Faun. Insect. 51. 1. 

 Perilampus auratus . Halm. Stockh. Trans. 1822. 397. 

 Perilampus chrysis . Fonscol. Ann. Sci. Nat. XXVI. 301. 4. 



Auratus, nitens, scaberrimus, sparse pubescens : caput fere glabrum, 

 antice et utrinque cupreo-auratum ; latera striata : mandibular 



