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Biplolepis megacepJiala Fab. Sys. Piez. 149. 21. 2. 

 Pteromalus macrocephalus Foerster. 252. 



Species corpore brevi, coacto, capite grande insignis. 

 Caput crebre sat fortiter punctatum, fusco-pubescens, tho- 

 race latius, pone oculos vix angustatura, vertice lato sed 

 profundius emarginato, tereti; ocellis in triangulum dis- 

 positis; clypeo cum facie usque ad oculos striis radian- 

 tibus instructo: genis lougis et latis, subcompressis; man- 

 dibulis validis, piceis, externe basi transversim depressis. 

 Antennse breves, in medio faciei insertse; scapo sublineari, 

 ocellos haud attingente, pedicello oblongo, ma gno, articu- 

 lis 3:o 4:o pallo longiore, 4 — 10 sensim latioribus brevi- 

 bus, fuscis vel obscure testaceis. clava pallida magna, 

 subtus excavata, oblique acuminata. Thorax latitudine 

 sua vix longior, coerulescenti-niger, creberrime sat fortiter 

 punctatus; pronoti collari latitudine subsequali; mesonoti 

 sulcis antice conspicuis, scutello convexo, freno haud dis- 

 creto sed fortiter declivi, dorsello angusto verticali ; me- 

 tathorace postice angustato, fortiter declivi, sublsevi, ca- 

 rina media tenui, plica nulla, spiraliculis parvis subrotun- 

 dis. Alse apice sat lato rotundato, ciliato, cellula basali 

 fere tota pubescenti, speculo nullo, nervis basali vix con- 

 spicuo, spurio e medio cubti egrediente; costa stigmate 

 fere triplo longiore, metacarpo radio fere longiore; cel- 

 lula costali lata. Abdomen rotundum, supra planum 

 seneum, subtus convexum; segmentis l:o fusco-testaceo, 2:o 

 maximo, medium occupante, 3 — 8 brevissimis, terebrae 

 apice occulto. Pedes sat longi sed validi, rufescentes vel 

 fusci, coxis ovatis, posticis margine superne haud pube- 

 scenti; femoribus anticis haud attenuatis; tibiis posticis 

 apice subsinuatis, calcari sat longo; metatarso elongato. 

 Pectus brevissimum, praasternis parvis; mesosterni lateri- 

 bus et pleuris punctatis, episternis politis sutura bene 

 discretis. 



