178 MONOGRAPHIA CHALCIDITUM. 



triente brevior : pedes fusci ; coxae nigro-virides ; femora apice 



flava ; tibiae apice basique fiavae ; tarsi fusci, apice obscuriores. 



(Corp. long, f — 1 lin. ; alar. § — 1 lin.) 

 Far. p. — Fern. Protibiae subtus fiavas ; pro- et mesotarsi basi flavi. 

 Far. y. — Fern. Corpus aeneo-viride. 

 Far. c). — Fern. Pedes flavi ; coxae virides ; femora viridi-fusca, 



apice flava ; meso- et metatibiae fuscse ; tarsi apice fusci. 



June ; on grass in woods ; near London. 



Genus V. Meromalus, 1 Walker. 



Mas. — Caput mediocre, thorace paullo latius : antennae 13-articu- 

 latae, submoniliformes, corporis dimidio multo breviores ; articuli 5°. 

 ad 10 um . subaequales, approximati ; clava ovata, brevis, articulis 

 2 praecedentibus brevior et paullo latior : thorax valde convexus : 

 mesothoracis scutum, paraptera, epimera et scutellum magna, hoc 

 angustum ; parapsides optime determinatae : abdomen sublineare, 

 subcompressum, thorace angustius sed vix longius ; segmenta 

 subaequalia : alae mediocres ; nervus solitus ante costam attingit 

 nervulum rejiciens fere obsoletum ; stigma nervulum brevissimum 

 emittens. 



Sp. I. Mer. flavicornis. Mas. Cyaneo-viridis, antennis 

 pedibusque Jlavis, alls subhyalinis. 



Cyaneo-viridis, parilm nitens, punctatus: oculi ocellique obscure 

 rufi : antennae fiavae ; articulus l us . et 2 US . supra pallide fusci : 

 abdomen cyaneo-nigrum, nitens, glabrum, basi cyaneo-viride : 

 pedes flavi ; coxae cyaneo-virides ; femora subtus fusco vittata ; 

 meso- et metatarsi straminei, apice fusci : alae subhyalinae ; nervi 

 fusci ; stigma mediocre. (Corp. long, f lin. ; alar. I lin.) 



June; on grass in fields; near London. 



Genus VI. Rhaphitelus," 1 Walker. 



Mas. — Corpus sublineare : caput mediocre, thorace paullo latius, 

 vix antice productum : antennae 12-articulatae, clavatae, corporis 

 dimidio breviores ; articulus l us . gracillimus ; 5 US . et 4 sequentes 

 cyathiformes, lati, approximati; 10 us . et 1 l us . brevissimi, circu- 

 lum articulo 9°. paullo longiorem et angustiorem fingentes ; 12 us . 

 gracilis, setiformis : mesothoracis scutum latum, planum, maxi- 

 1 fx4pos pars, /j.u\bs tencr. m pa<ph acus, rekos finis. 



