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piceous, subclavate, rather slender, about as long as the thorax ; first 

 joint luteous, long, slender ; club elongate-conical, much longer than 

 the preceding joint. Prothorax short, but distinct. Sutures of the 

 parapsides very slight. Abdomen sublanceolate, subsessile, depressed, 

 very angular beneath, narrower and shorter than the thorax. Legs 

 ■whitish ; femora black except at the tips. Wings pellucid ; veins 

 very pale testaceous ; ulna a little more than half the length of the 

 humerus ; radius rather shorter than the ulna, much longer tban the 

 cubitus ; stigma very small. Length of the body 1£ line. 



It resembles P. elevatus, Walk., from which it may be distinguished 

 by the paler legs. 



Corsica. In the collection of the Rev. T. A. Marshall. 



Pteromalus pandens. Group n. Mas. — Corpus robustum, 

 subtilissime squameum. Caput magnum, thorace multo latius. 

 Antennae setulosae, filiformes, graciles, medio frontis insertae, corporis 

 dimidio multo longiores ; articulus lus longissimus ; clava sublanceo- 

 lata. Prothorax brevissimus. Metathorax brevis, declivis. Abdomen 

 postice sublatescens, thorace brevius et multo angustius. Pedes 

 graciles. Alae amplae. 



Male. — Body stout. Head and thorax very finely squamous. 

 Head large, much broader than the thorax. Antennas setulose, 

 filiform, slender, inserted in the middle of the front, much more than 

 half the lengtb of the body ; first joint very long ; third and following 

 joints to the eighth linear, separated by short petioles ; club sub- 

 lanceolate, nearly twice the length of the preceding joint. Prothorax 

 very short. Sutures of the parapsides indistinct. Metathorax short, 

 declining. Abdomen smooth, depressed, slightly increasing in breadth 

 from the base nearly to the tip, shorter and much narrower than the 

 thorax. Legs slender. Fore wings ample ; ulna more than half the 

 length of the humerus ; radius about half the length of the ulna ; 

 cubitus somewhat shorter than the radius ; stigma of moderate size. 



Mas. — iEneus ; antennae nigrae basi fulvae ; pedes fulvi, femoribus 

 nigris apice fulvis, tibiis quatuor posterioribus ex parte piceis ; alae 

 anticae subfumosae, nigro venosae. 



Male. — iEneous. Antennae black ; first joint tawny. Legs tawny ; 

 femora black, with tawny tips ; four posterior tibiae partly piceous 

 above. Fore wings slightly smoky ; veins black. Length of the body 

 2 lines. 



Torla, Spain. In the collection of the Rev. T. A. Marshall. 



Pteromalus semiluteus. Group n. Fcem. — Corpus latissimum, 

 sat crassum, subtilissime squameum. Caput thorace latius. Antennae 



