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Corpus scitissime squameum, glabrum, nitens ; caput seneo-viride, 

 siibtus rufum : oculi et ocelli rufi: palpi maxillares nigri : antennae 

 laete fulvse : gula rufa : thorax subtus rufus : prothorax cupreus, 

 antice rufus : mesothoracis scutum purpureum, antice cyaneo 

 viridi et cupreo varium : scutellum paraptera et epimera cuprea : 

 metathorax laete purpureus, basi cyaneo viridi et cupreo varius : 

 petiolus rufus : abdomen purpureum, basi viride micans : pedes 

 rufi; coxae, trochanteres et femora supra fusco-purpurea; tarsi 

 apice fusci : alee albas ; proalis fascial 2 fuscie, una ad nervi humer- 

 alis apicem angusta, altera apud stigma latior ; squamulee et nervi 

 fusca, stigma minutum concolor. (Corp. long. lin. If ; alar. lin. 

 If-) 



July ; south of France. 



The structure of the four following genera excludes them 

 from the families of Chalcidites. Prosopon resembles Ptero- 

 malus, but has dilated raiddle-feet like Eupelmus, &c. 



Genus Macroneura.*^ 



Mas. Corpus sublineare : caput mediocre, thorace vix latius, an- 

 tice non impressum : oculi mediocres, subrotundi, non extantes ; 

 ocelli in vertice triangulum fingentes : antennae moniliformes, 

 13-articulatae, corpore paullo breviores ; articulus 1"'. crassus 

 longus fusiformis ; 2°% cyathiformis ; 3"'. minimus ; 4"% et 

 sequentes ad 10""°. subovati, asquales ; clava subfusiformis, articulo 

 10°. duplo longiornon latior: mandibulse quadratae, subarcuataj, 

 tridentatae, intus concavse, apice angusta9 ; dentes minuti recti, 

 externus acutus, internus latus brevissimus : maxillae longae, 

 subarcuatse ; lacinias lobatae, acuminatse ; palpi 4-articulati, fili- 

 formes. articuli V\ 2"^ et 3°% subaequales, 4°^ longifusiformis 3". 

 multo longior : labium ovatum ; ligula brevis, lata ; palpi tri-arti- 

 culati, breves, moniliformes; articulus 2"'. brevissimus: thorax 

 longi-ovatus ; segmenta convexa, bene determinata : prothorax 

 magnus, antice angustus et declivis : mesothoracis scutum 

 breve, parapsidum suturae distinctissimae ; paraptera et epimera 

 magna ; scutellum ovatum : metathorax magnus, per medium 

 sulcatus : abdomen longiovatum, planum, thorace paullo brevius ; 

 segmentum 1°". magnum ; sequentia breviora, subsequalia: pedes 

 validi, simplices, aequales ; coxae sat magnas ; femora et tibite 



'' ixuKpos longus, utvpa. nervus. 



