&£ NOTES ON CHALCIDJ.E. 



Fam. 10. SPALANGID^E. 



A. Antenna? inserted close to the mouth. - Spalangia. 



B. Antennae inserted far from the border of the 



mouth. .... Cerocephala. 



Spalangia nigra inhabits the Galapagos as well as Europe, and 

 never appears in abnudance, though it is a parasite of Musca 

 domestiea. The wingless female of Cerocephala cornigera is some- 

 times seen crawling on paper; it occurs rarely; it has been found 

 near London, in the North of England, in North Devon and in 

 Killarney. 



Fam. 11. PIRENID/E. 



A. Maxillary palpi 4-jointed. 



a. Eyes of the male approximate. - - Macroglenes. 



b. Eyes wide apart in both sexes. - - Calypso. 



B. Maxillary palpi 2-jointed. - - - Pirene. 



Prof. Foerster proposes the name Euryophrys instead of Calypso, 

 the latter name having been used previously for a genus of plants. 



The insects of this family are few in species and comparatively 

 scarce in individuals. They have not a near affinity to the Spalan- 

 gidna, nor to the Hormoceridas, and are as yet isolated from every 

 other family of the tribe. 



