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longer than the thorax ; first joint yellow, green at the base and at 

 the tip ; club elongate-elliptical, much broader than the preceding 

 joint and more than twice its length. Abdomen smooth, cupreous, 

 lanceolate, depressed, very much longer thau the thorax. -Legs 

 j'ellow ; fore femora and fore tibiae brownish, except at the base and 

 at the tip. Wings pellucid ; veins pale testaceous ; ulna very much 

 shorter than the humerus ; radius rather shorter than the ulna ; 

 cubitus long, less than half the length of the radius. Length of the 

 body 3 lines. 



The longer abdomen distinguishes it from all the other described 

 species of the genus. 

 England. In the collection of Dr. Chapman. 



Note. — Pteromalus abnormis (Boheman, Ofv. K. V. Akad. Forh. 

 1859, 59, pi. 2, f. 3) perhaps belongs to the Agaonidae. It was 

 reared by Boheman in Lapland, from a pupa, perhaps of Sarcophaga, 

 in the nest of a swallow. The male has incomplete wings. 



Eupelmus tenuicollis. Fcem. — Corpus gracile, longum. Caput 

 thorace latins. Oculi magni. Antennae graciles, fere filiformes, 

 thorace paullo longiores. Thorax subquadratus, antice attenuatus. 

 Abdomen longi-fusiforme, depressum, subsessile, thorace paullo 

 brevius. Pedes graciles ; femora antica valde incrassata. Alas 

 anticae sat angustae. 



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

 squamous. Head broader than the thorax, attached to the prothorax 

 by a very slender neck. Antennae slender, compact, nearly filiform, 

 a little longer than the thorax; joints elongated. Thorax slightly 

 compressed. Prothorax elougate-subquadrate. Mesothorax and 

 metathorax much like those of Metapelma in structure. Abdo- 

 men elongate-fusiform, depressed, subsessile, a little shorter thau the 

 thorax. Legs slender ; fore femora much incrassated ; middle tibiae 

 with a long apical spine ; middle tarsi slightly incrassated. Fore 

 wings rather narrow; ulna about half the length of the humerus; 

 radius about as long as the ulna; cubitus rather short; stigma 

 moderately large. 



Fccm. — Viridis ; antennae nigrae ; pedes virides, femoribus quatuor 

 posterioribus basi tibiis quatuor posterioribus tarsisque ferrugineis; 

 alae ciuereae. 



Female. — Metallic-green. Antennae black. Eyes piceous. Four 

 posterior femora towards the base and four posterior tibiae and tarsi 



