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Art. XLIV. — Monographia Chalciditum. By Francis 

 Walker. 



{Continued from p. 118.) 



" the green myriads in the peopled grass." 



Genus. — Encyrtus, Dolman, {continued.) 

 Fern. — Corpus breve, pubescens, subnitens, scite punctatum : caput 

 transversum, breve, convexum ; vertex latus ; frons abrupte de- 

 clivis : oculi mediocres : antennae subclavatae, pubescentes, corporis 

 dimidio vix longiores ; articulus 1"% longus, fusiformis; 2"'. longi- 

 cyathiformis ; 3"^ et sequentes minuti, subsequales, fere quadrati ; 

 clava longissima, fusiformis, flagello paullo brevior : thorax ovatus, 

 supra planus : mesothoracis scutum transversum ; paraptera non 

 convenientia ; scutellum obconicum : abdomen ovatum, planum, 

 subtus carinatum, juxta thoraci longum et latum : oviductus 

 occultus. 



Sp. 91. En. Ilithyia. Fern. Atro-virens, antennw fuscw, 

 pedes nigro-fusci, tarsi fulvi, alee limpidce. 



Atro-virens : oculi et ocelli picei : antennae fusc^ ; articuli 1"^. et 

 2"^ nigro-fusci : abdomen nitens, Iseve, fere glabrum : pedes nigro- 

 fusci; genua et tarsi fulva, hi apice fusci ; mesotarsi flavi, apice 

 fusci : alae limpidse ; squamulse et nervi fulva. (Corp. long. lin. \ ; 

 alar. lin. f .) 



July; near London. 



Fern. — Corpus breve, parvum, pubescens, scite punctatum, parum 

 nitens : caput transversum, breve, convexum, thorace paullo latius ; 

 vertex latus ; frons convexa, antice abrupte declivis : oculi 

 mediocres : antennae subclavatse, corporis dimidio longiores ; 

 articulus l"^ fusiformis ; 2"^ cyathiformis ; S*^^ et sequentes 

 parvi, transversi, usque ad 8"". latescentes ; clava teliformis, arti- 

 culo 8°. latior et plus triplo longior : thorax ovatus, convexus : 

 mesothoracis scutum transversum; paraptera non convenientia; 

 scutellum brevi-obconicum : abdomen ovatum, planum, thorace 

 latius vix longius : oviductus occultus : pedes graciles : alae 

 amplae. 



Sp. 92. En. Thebe. Fem. Ater, abdomen nigro-cupreum, 

 antenncc fusees f pedes flavi, femora fiisca^ alee limpidw. 



Ater : oculi et ocelli picei : antennae pallide fuscae : abdomen nigro- 

 cupreum, nitens, laeve, fere glabrum : pedes laste flavi ; femora 



