CHALCIDIDiE. 47 



Continental South Asia and Ceylon, 

 pusilla, Fobr. Euplaeae, Hope. (Lasus? Wlk.) Alphius, Wlk. 

 responsator, Wlk. inclinator, Wlk. Amphissa, Wlk. dividens, Wlk. 

 pandens, Wlk. tarsalis, Motsch. alternipes, Wlk. mansueta, Wlk. 

 lugubris, Wlk. semirufa, Wlk. 



Eastern Archipelago. 



sociator, Wlk. pulchripes, Holmg. 



Australia. 



Phya, Wlk. Teuta, Wlk. nitator, Wlk. opponens, Wlk. Uca- 

 legon, Wlk. Sidnica, Holmg. 



Several species of this genus, from remote parts of the world, have 

 much resemblance to each other. The resemblance of the insects of 

 Europe with those of North America and with those of Japan is well 

 known ; C. minuta inhabits Europe and North America ; C. flavipes 

 is found in Europe and in Japan. 



Chirocera is the generic name given by Latreille to C. pectini- 

 cornis, Latr. = C. femoralis, Latr. = Chalcis Alexion, Wlk. A. H. 

 Haliday has suggested the name Hippota for the genus, as the name 

 Chirocera was previously used, but it can hardly be separated from 

 Chalcis, as the female resembles that genus in structure. 



Chalcis pubescens. Foem. — Nigra ; antennarum articulus lus 

 flavus ; 2us fulvus ; tegulae fulvae ; abdomen ovatum, apicem versus 

 fulvo pubescens ; femora postica vitta superiore strigaque inferiore 

 basali flavis ; tibiae supra fulvae ; tarsi subtus fulvi ; alas anticse basi 

 fuscescentes. 



Female. — Black, pubescent, minutely punctured. Antennae sub- 

 clavate, shorter than the thorax; first joint yellow; second tawny. 

 Tegulae tawny. Petiole extremely short. Abdomen oval, shining, as 

 long as the thorax ; first segment nearly as long as all the following 

 which are thickly clothed with rather long tawny hairs. Oviduct 

 hardly exserted. Hind femora with a yellow stripe above and along 

 the basal part beneath. Knees tawny. Tibiae tawny above. Tarsi 

 tawny beneath. Wings • cinereous ; veins black. Fore wings 

 brownish towards the base; ulna much shorter than the humerus ; 

 radius less than half the length of the ulna : cubitus less than half 

 the length of the radius: stigma very small. Length of the body 

 3i lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



