860 MONOGRAPHIA CHALCIDITUM. 



lares nigri, labiales fusci : oculi et ocelli rufi : antennas nigras ; 

 articulus 1"' nigro-viridis : thorax nigro-seneus, obscurus : pectus 

 viridi-cyaneum : abdomen seneo-cupreum, parum nitens : pedes 

 nigri ; coxae virides ; femora nigro-viridia ; genua et tibiae apice 

 subtus flava ; mesotibiae flavse, basi nigrae : alae limpidoe ; squa- 

 mulae et nervi pallide fusca ; stigma minimum, concolor. 



Fern. — Caput cupreo-aeneum, subtus et postice cyaneo-viride : thorax 

 cupreo-aeneus : metathoracis latera viridi-Eenea : abdomen cupreum, 

 basi fere glabrum, apice dense pubescens : oviductus subexertus ; 

 vaginae nigrae : metapedum tibiae flavae basi nigrse, tarsi basi 

 flavi : mesotarsi fusci, basi flavi ; alarum squamulas et nervi fulva. 

 (Corp. long. lin. 1— 2 ; alar. lin. 1|— 2j.) 



Var. (i. — Mas. metathorax et abdominis latera viridia. 



Var. y. — Fern, caput cyaneo-viride ; vertex seneus. 



Var. S. — Fern, abdominis segmentum ultimum basi cyaneum. 



Var. e. — Fern, metatibise nigrae, apice flavse. 



Var. ^. — Fern, pectus purpureo-cyaneum : coxse et femora cyanea. 



June and July ; near London. In habit like C. mrnalis. 

 The males are most abundant in June, and stand in clusters 

 near the holes perforated by Anohium. 



Genus Eupelmus, Dalman. 



Caput mari magnum transversum subquadratum thorace latius non 

 impressum,yem. mediocre juxta thoraci latum antice subimpressum : 

 oculi sat magni, subrotundi, vix extantes : ocelli in vertice trian- 

 gulum fingentes : antennae clavatae, IS-articulatae, pubescentes ; 

 articulus 1"% longus, validus, subfusiformis ; 2"^ longi-cyathi- 

 formis, mediocris ; 3"^ et 4"'. minimi ; 5"^ et sequentes subcya- 

 thiformes, usque ad 10""\ latescentes et curtantes ; clava ovata, 

 articulo 10". latior et plus duplo longior : mandibulae oblongo- 

 quadratae, subarcuatffc, tridentatae, basi latae ; dentes parvi, externus 

 longior acutior, internus brevior obtusior : maxillas longae, sub- 

 trigonoe, basi latae ; laciniae subarcuatae, acuminate, intus lobatae ; 

 palpi 4-articulati, graciles, breves, fere filiformes, articuli ^'^ 2"\ 

 et 3"'. mediocres subaequales, 4"'. fusiformis acuminatus 3°. duplo 

 longior : labium breve, ovatum ; ligula brevis, lata, ciliata ; palpi 

 3-articulati, breves, crassi, filiformes, articulus 1"% longi-cyathi- 

 formis, 2"'. brevissimus, 3"'. fusiformis vix 1'. longitudine : thorax 

 longi-ovatus : prothorax mediocris, antice declivis : mesothoracis 

 scutum longum, deprcssum, utrinque clevatum ; scutellum ob- 

 conicum ; metathorax mediocris : abdomen longi-ovatum, thoraco 



