38 NOTES ON CIIALCIDIiE. 



punctatus, abrupte declivis. Abdomen sessile, concavum, sub- 

 compressum, tboraci aequilougum. Oviductus abdonrine vix brevior. 

 Pedes graciles. Alae amplae. 



Female. — Body slender. Head and thorax convex, very finely 

 squamous. Head rather broader than the thorax. Antennae sub- 

 clavate, nearly as long as the thorax ; club lanceolate. Prothorax 

 short. Sutures of the parapsides distinct. Metathorax short, largely 

 punctured, abruptly slanting. Abdomen quite sessile, smooth, shining, 

 slightly compressed, concave above, as long as the thorax. Sheaths 

 of the oviduct nearly as long as the abdomen. Legs slender. Wings 

 ample; ulna as long as the humerus; radius short; cubitus very 

 short ; stigma small. 



The structure of the abdomen distinguishes this genus from 

 Callimome, to which it is most nearly allied. 



T. amabilis. Fcem. — Cyaneo-viridis ; antennae nigrae ; abdomen 

 luteum ; oviductus niger ; pedes pallide flavi, femoribus fulvis ; alae 

 diaphanae, fulvo venosae. 



Female. — Bright bluish green. Eyes red. Antennae black. Abdo- 

 men luteous. Sheaths of the oviduct black. Legs pale yellow ; 

 femora tawny. Wings pellucid ; tegulae pale yellow ; veins tawny. 

 Length of the body £ hue. 



Ceylon. 



Spinola's term Chalcidiae for this tribe has the right of priority, 

 and therefore should be preferred to that of Pteromaliui and to the 

 more recent names. 



Genus BLEPHONIRA. ' 



Holmgren, Fug. Eesa, 438. 

 Allied to Podagrion. 



B. fulvipes, Holmg. Fug. Eesa, 438, pi. 8, f. 0. 

 China. 



Genus CALLIMOME. 



C. albipes, Giraud, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ame Set: ix. 482. 



The oviduct of this species is stated to be as long as the head and 

 the abdomen. It inhabits Algeria, is parasitic on lepidopterous 

 galls of Linioniastrurn Guyonianum, and connects the genera 

 Syntoinaspis and Callimome. 



