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TELEAS ELATIOR. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Proctotrupidae 'Noh. Oxyuri Lai. 



Type of the Genus, Teleas clavicornis Lot. 

 Teleas Lat., Curtis. — Scelio Lat. 



Antennce approximating, inserted close to the clypeus on each 

 side a tubercle, geniculated and pubescent, 12-jointed; as long 

 as the body, and filiform in the males; basal joint long, 2nd 

 minute, 3rd not so long as but more robust than the basal joint, 

 4th shorter, 5th and following elongate ovate, terminal joint 

 conical, as long as the 4th (1) : shorter in the females and cla- 

 vate, basal joint very long, 2nd slender but not much shorter 

 than the 3rd and 4th which are robust and oblong, 5th and 6th 

 cup-shaped, the remainder forming an elongate-conic club (1 a). 

 Labrum undiscovered. 



Mandibles very much curved and bifid, the internal tooth having 

 a smaller one on the inside (3). 



Maxillce with the basal part large and subtrigonate, terminated 

 by a semioval coriaceous lobe, slightly pilose externally. Palpi 

 short triarticulate, basal joint subclavate, 2nd shorter obtrigonate, 

 3rd as long as the other two, subclavate pilose (4), 

 Mentum elongate-trigonate. Lip none or concealed. Palpi re- 

 mote forming one small elongate obovate joint, producing 3 

 bristles (5). 

 Head suborbicular a little produced in front forming a ridge between 

 the Eyes which are lateral globose, and not prominent. Ocelli 3 in 

 triangle, quite at the back of the head. Trunk obovate: prothorax 

 very short. Scutellum tnucronated at the apex. Pleurae with the 

 angles acute. Abdomen narrowed at its base, more or less oval, 

 somewhat depressed, the margins beneath thin and sharp ,- Q-jointed, 

 theSrd being very large; the male organs sometimes exserted. Wings 

 pubescent, superior spatiilate, the radius or costal nervure extending 

 two-thirds of their length, and terminating in a short obtuse ray enter- 

 ing the wings : 2 nervures near the base are slightly indicated : infe- 

 rior small sublanceolate, the costa thickened half way. Legs slender, 

 anterior the shortest. Thighs, hinder sometimes incrassated especially 

 in the females. T\h\ad simple, with short spurs. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal 

 joint the longest, terminal not much longer than the penultimate. 

 Claws acute. Pulvilli long and slender (Sf hind leg of male). 



Elatior Haliday MSS. — Curtis's Guide, Gen. 583. n. 2. 



Male, black, shining, slightly pubescent. Head striated, with an 

 elevated ridge between the eyes : thorax thickly punctured, 

 clothed with yellowish depressed pubescence : scutellum mucro- 

 nated : metathorax coarsely punctured : abdomen beautifully 

 striated, strongest and coarsest at the base : wings iridescent, 

 with a pale fuscous tint, costal nervure piceous : knees and tips 

 of tibise ferruginous. Female unknown. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Haliday and the Author. 



