CLEGNYMID.E. 85 



parvum, fere rotundum. Metathorax magnus, postice angustior. 

 Abdomen clavatum, planum, subsessile, thorace paullo longius. Coxae 

 posticae longissiruae. Femora postica valde incrassata, subtus tri- 

 dentata. Tibiae posticae arcuatae, subclavatae. Tarsi intermedii basi 

 subiucrassati. Alae latae. 



Male. — Body rather slender, nearly linear. Head and thorax 

 convex, finely squamous. Head a little broader than the thorax. 

 Antenuae slender, filiform, compact, inserted near the mouth, full as 

 long as the thorax ; first joint long, slender ; second elongate-cyathi- 

 form ; the others linear, closely fitted together ; tips mutilated in the 

 specimen described. Protborax subquadrate, transverse, well- 

 developed. Mesothorax nearly flat ; sutures of the parapsides indis- 

 tinct ; scutellum small, nearly round. Metathorax much developed, 

 decreasing in breadth from the base to the abdomen. Abdomen flat, 

 subsessile, clavate, smooth, shining, a little longer than the thorax. 

 Hind coxae very long; hind femora much incrassated, armed beneath 

 with three long stout teeth, of which the third and subapical one is 

 double ; hind tibiae curved, subclavate ; middle tarsi slightly 

 incrassated towards the base. Wings ample ; ulna as long as the 

 humerus ; radius and cubitus moderately long. 



This genus is one of the Cleonymidae ; it resembles the Chalcididae 

 in the structure of the hind legs. 



C. binotata. Mas. — Cyaneo-viridis ; antennae nigrae, articulo lo 

 testaceo ; abdomen basi plagaque discali testaceis ; pedes testacei, 

 coxis posticis cyaneo-viridibus apice testaceis, femoribus posticis ex 

 parte nigricantibus, tibiis intermediis nigris, tarsis quatuor posteriori- 

 bus basi nigris ; alae diaphanae, testaceo venosae. 



Male. — Bluish green. Autennae black ; first joint testaceous. 

 Abdomen testaceous at the base and with a large testaceous patch in 

 the disk. Legs testaceous ; hind coxae bluish green, testaceous 

 towards the tips ; hind femora partly blackish ; middle tibiae black ; 

 four posterior tarsi black towards the base. Wings pellucid ; veins 

 testaceous. Length of the body If line. 



Madeira. 



Trigonoderus contractus. Fam. — Viridis ; antennae nigrae, 

 subclavatae, thorace vix longiores, articulo lo flavo basi apiceque 

 viridi ; abdomen cupreum, lanceolatum, depressum, thorace multo 

 longius ; pedes flavi, femoribus tibiisque auticis ex parte fuscescenti- 

 bus ; alae diaphanae, venis pallide testaceis. 



Female. — Bright green. Head and thorax finely squamous. Head 

 a little broader than the thorax. Antennae black, subclavate, hardly 



