102 NOTES ON CHALCIDIiE 



graciles, fere filiformes, thorace multo breviores, clava lanceolata. 

 Prothorax et metathorax brevissimis. Abdomen sessile, fere ovale, 

 tboraci subaequale. Pedes breviusculi, sat graciles. Alae parvulae. 



Female. — Body very broad, ratber tbick. Head and tborax very 

 finely squamous. Head somewbat broader than tbe tborax. Antennae 

 slender, nearly filiform, much shorter than tbe thorax : club 

 lanceolate, about thrice the length of the preceding joint. Thorax 

 compact. Prothorax very short. Sutures of the parapsides very 

 indistinct; scutellum large. Metathorax very short. Abdomen 

 sessile, smooth, shining, nearly oval, depressed above, about equal to 

 the thorax in length and breadth. Legs rather short and slender. 

 Wings rather short ; ulna a little less than half the length of the 

 humerus ; radius as long as the ulna; cubitus much shorter than tbe 

 radius ; stigma very small. 



Fccm. — Niger; antennas testaceae; abdomen et pedes lutea; alae 

 diaphanae, pallido venosse. 



Female. — Black. Antennae testaceous. Abdomen and legs 

 luteous. Wings very pellucid ; veins pale testaceous. Length of 

 the body ± line. 



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



Fain. 15. ELASMID^. 



Represented only by the genus Elasmus (Aueure, Nees). 



Fain. 16. ELACHISTLD^. 



A. Hind tibiae with two long spurs. - - Euplectrus. 



B. Hind tibiae without two long spurs. 



a. Abdomen with a short petiole. - - Elachistds. 



b. Abdomen sessile. 



* Furrows of tbe parapsides extending to the 



scutellum. Antennae with two ringlets. - Aulogymnus. 



** Furrows of the parapsides not extending to the 

 scutellum. Antennae with one ringlet, 

 f Antennae 8-jointed ; club not jointed in tbe 



male, with two joints in the female. - Olynx. 



ft Antennae 9-jointed; club 2-jointed. - - Teleogmus. 



Tbe genus Olynx is founded on Ichneumon gallarum, Linn. 



Euplectrus intactus. Fain. — Niger, subtiliter squamous ; 

 antennae testaceae; thoracis latera postica albo pilosa; abdomen 

 pallide testaceum, antice nigro ante marginatum; pedes palbde 

 testacei ; alae limpidissimae, testaceo pallido veuosae. 



