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Art. XLVII. — MonograpMa Chalciditum. By Francis 



Walker. 



(Continued from p. 2G.) 



" the green myriads in tlie peopled grass." 



Family Cleonymid^. 



Genus Cleonymus, Latreille. 



Mas. Corpus squameum, pubescens : caput parvuin, tliorace 

 paullo angustius, antice non inipressum : oculi mediocres, sub- 

 rotundi, non extantes ; ocelli in vertice triangulum fino-entes : 

 antennae fusiformes, latae, pubescentes, 12-articulat£e, thorace 

 breviores ; articulus P^ longus, fusiformis ; 2"^ brevis, cyathi- 

 formis ; 3"^ brevissimus ; 4"^ et sequentes ad 10"™. breves, ap- 

 proximati, subcyathiformes ; 11"^ et 12"^ clavam fino-entes 

 conicam, acutam, subcavam, articulo 10". duplo longiorem : nian- 

 dibulse arcuatfe, bidentatse, similes, basi latae subquadratae, apice 

 angustae ; dentes parvi acuti, externus paullo longior: maxillae 

 longae, angustae, subarcuatae ; laciniae acuminatae, intus dilatatae ; 

 palpi 4-articulati graciles filiformes, articuli 1"^. 2"^ et 3"^. 

 mediocres subclavatae aequales, 4'^^ longifusiformis acuminatus 

 3°. plus duplo longior: labium conicum ; ligula brevis, lata, antice 

 ciliata; palpi 3-articulati lati clavati, articulus 1"^. mediocris 

 clavatus, 2"^. brevis subrotundus, 3"^^. latus securiformis 1°. lon- 

 gior : thorax longi-ovatus, angustus, subtus per longum sulcatus : 

 prothorax magnus, antice angustior : mesothoracis scutum planum, 

 sat magnum ; parapsides vix conspicuae ; scutellum parvum, con- 

 vexum, rhombiforme ; paraptera et epimera bene determinata : 

 metathorax conspicuus, postice angustior: abdomen cochleatum, 

 planum, scite squameum, parce pubescens, thorace vix longius ; 

 segmenta 7 dorsalia conspicua subtus fere convenientia, I"'", sat 

 longum basi impressum, 2""\ brevissimum, 3"". paullo longius, 

 4"™. adhuc longius, 5^™. maximum, 6"™. et 7™^- minima ; seg- 

 menta ventralia dorsalibus nisi ad abdominis apicem obtecta : 

 sexualia dum quietem agunt occulta : pedes subaequales, sim- 

 plices ; coxae magnae ; femora gracilia; tibiae rectae ; tarsorum 



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