740. 

 SPALANGIA NIGRA. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Spalangidse. 



Type of the Genus, Spalangia nigra Lat. 



Spalangia Lat., Spin., Nees ab Es., Hal., Curt. 



Antennce inserted at the extremity of the head, on each side of 

 the clypeus, geniculated, pubescent and 10-jointed, longer than 

 the head and thorax, fiUform in the male (1 cJ), basal joint very 

 long, 2nd short somewhat funnel-shaped, 3rd much longer, 6 

 following turbinate, 10th as long as the 3rd and conical; 

 shorter and a little clavate in the female (1 $ ), 2nd joint longer 

 than the 3rd which is subovate, 6 following somewhat cup- 

 shaped, increasing in diameter, 10th the stoutest ovate-conic. 

 Labrum undiscovered : clypeus forming a distinct oval mass 

 (C), slightly hairy before, with a large membranous lobe be- 

 neath (2). 



Mandibles subtrigonate, curved and bifid at the apex (3). 

 Maxillce terminating in a large hairy lobe. Palpi shortish and 

 biarticulate, basal joint subclavate, 2nd longer and slenderer, 

 with a few bristles (4). 



Mentum long and narrow, subelliptic. Palpi attached to. the 

 anterior angles, short, biarticulate, basal joint subclavate, 2nd 

 shorter, ovate-conic, with a few bristles. Liplong and narrow, 

 the apex rounded (5). 

 Head drooping, ovate, slightly elongated, ivith a large oval fovea in 

 front ; attached by a short neck : eyes lateral and oval, villose : 

 ocelli large, 3 arranged in a curve. Thorax very long, broadest at 

 the base : collar long narrow and lunate : scutel semiorbicular, ivith 

 a transverse line of strong punctures at the base : petiole short and 

 stout, longest in the male, cylindric and striated. Abdomen oval, 

 not longer than the thorax, Srd segment the longest, apex acute, acu- 

 minated in the female. Wings pubescent superior spatulate, the 

 costal nervure touching the margin before the middle, and continued 

 beyond it, terminating in a fork formed by a short ray : inferior 

 tvings narrow, lanceolate. Legs moderate, slender, hinder a little 

 the longest, their coxae pear-shaped, sometimes with a short curved 

 spine on the inside of the apex : thighs and tibiae slender, the latter 

 with a long notched spine at the apex of the 1st pair, the others with 

 very slender spurs at the apex : tarsi slender and 5 -jointed, basal 

 joint the longest, incrassated in the anterior, 3 following short, espe- 

 cially the 3rd and 4th, 5th short and stout : claws curved, acute, 

 the base a little dilated : puivilli rather long. 



Nigra Latr.—Curt. Guide, Gen. 589, 3. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



