50 NOTES ON CHALCIDIjE. 



Female. — Black, very stout, with cinereous tomentum. Head and 

 thorax thickly and minutely punctured. Antennae suhclavate, a 

 little shorter than the thorax. Prothorax Bubquadrate, its length in 

 the middle less than one-sixth of its breadth. Sutures of the parap- 

 sides well defined : scutellum with two very short and stout apical 

 teeth. Metathoraz short, erect. Petiole very short. Abdomen oval, 

 smooth, shining, a little shorter than the thorax ; hind border of the 

 segments with cinereous puhescence ; first segment very large. Hind 

 femora with several minute teeth beneath ; four anterior legs with 

 the knees, the tarsi and the tips of the tibiae tawny. Wings 

 cinereous. Fore wings with black veins; ulna about half the length 

 of the humerus ; radius less than half the length of the ulna ; cubitus 

 extremely short. Length of the body 3 lines. 



Broader than C. alteruipes. 



Hong Kong. 



C. oppoxen's. Mas. — Nigra ; tcgulaa piceae ; scutellum inerme, 

 marginatum ; metathorax rugosus, abrupte declivis ; abdomen sub- 

 ellipticum ; apice pubescens, thorace multo brevius; pedes ruti, 

 coxis nigris, femoribus posticis denticulatis, femoribus intermediis 

 nigris apice rufis, tibiis intermediis nigro late uuifasciatis ; alae 

 cinereae. 



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

 thickly and minutely punctured. Head very little narrower than the 

 thorax. Antennae subclavate, shorter than the thorax. Prothorax 

 subquadrate, of equal length and full four times as broad as long. 

 Sutures of the parapsides distinct ; scutellum not dentate, but with a 

 transverse apical ridge; tegulae piceous. Metathorax short, abruptly 

 declining, longitudinally rugose. Petiole very short. Abdomen 

 smooth, shining, subelliptical, pubescent towards the tip, a little 

 narrower and much shorter than the thorax; first segment very 

 large; second large ; the others short. Legs r< d ; coxa) black; hind 

 femora much incrassated, armed beneath with several minute teeth; 

 middle femora black, red towards the tips J middle tibia? with a bread 

 black band. Wings cinereous; veins black; ulna about half the 

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

 ulna. Length of the body 2} lines. 



Swan River. 



Genus SMICRA. 



Europe, 

 nigrifex, Sidxer. aispee, Linn, melanaris, Dab*, xauthostiguia, 

 Duhn. biguttata, Spin. 



