48 NOTES ON CHALCIDEE. 



Very near allied to C. implexa, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the yellow basal joint of the antennae and by the yellow stripe on 

 the hind femora. 

 Mexico. In the collection of the late Dr. Sichel. 



C. varipes. Fccm. — Nigra ; antennarum articulus lus rufus ; 

 scutellum bideutatum ; tegulae alboe ; metathorax abrupte declivis ; 

 abdomen longi-ovatum : pedes rufi, femoribus quatuor auterioribus 

 nigris apice albis, femoribus posticis denticulatis apice albis, tibiis 

 basi apiceque albis ; alas diaphanae. 



Female. — Black, stout, with cinereous pubescence. Head and 

 thorax thickly and minutely punctured. Head very little narrower 

 than the thorax. Antennas subclavate, shorter than the thorax ; first 

 joint red. Prothorax subquadrate, its leugth in the middle not more 

 than one-eighth of its breadth. Sutures of the parapsides slight ; 

 scutellum with two short stout apical teeth. Tegulte white. Meta- 

 thorax perpendicular. Petiole very short. Abdomen elongate-oval, 

 smooth, shining, acute at the tip, narrower and a little longer than 

 the thorax ; first segment very large. Legs red ; four anterior femora 

 black, white towards the tips ; hind femora much incrassated, with 

 white tips, armed beneath with several small teeth ; tibiae white 

 towards the base and towards the tips. Wings pellucid ; veins 

 black; ulna about one-third of the length of the humerus; radius 

 less than half the length of the ulna. Length of the body 3£ lines. 



South Africa. 



C. semirufa. Mas. — Nigra; prothorax brevissimus; scutellum 

 inerme ; tegulae pallide flavaj ; abdomen rufum, brevi-ellipticum ; 

 pedes pallide flavi, coxis femoribusque nigris bis apice flavis, femoribus 

 posticis subtus denticulatis ; alas diaphanae. 



Male. — Black, stout, with cinereous tomentum. Head and thorax 

 thickly and minutely punctured. Head as broad as the thorax. 

 Prothorax very short Sutures of the parapsides distinct ; scutellum 

 unarmed ; tegulae pale yellow. Metathorax erect. Petiole very 

 short. Abdomen red, smooth, shining, short-elliptical, much shorter 

 than the thorax ; first segment very large. Legs pale yellow; coxae 

 and femora black, the latter with yellow tips ; hind femora very thick, 

 with very minute teeth. Wings pellucid : veins black ; ulna about 

 half the' length of the humerus; radius less than half the leugth of 

 the ulna ; stigma very short. Length of the body If line. 



Moulmein. 



C. mansueta. Fa»i. — Nigra, sat gracilis; antennarum articulus 

 lus basi rufus; tegulas flavo-albee ; scutellum apice bideutatum; 



