eulophidjE. 103 



Female. — Black. Head and thorax finely squamous. Eyes bright 

 red. Antennae testaceous. Thorax with several long white hairs on 

 each side of the hind part. Abdomen pale testaceous ; fore half 

 narrowly bordered with black. Legs pale testaceous. Wings very 

 pellucid ; veins pale testaceous ; humerus setose ; ulna a little shorter 

 than the humerus ; radius less than half the length of the ulna ; 

 cubitus shorter than the radius. Length of the body j- line. 



This perhaps will be considered as a variety of E. bicolor, from 

 which it is distinguished by the abdomen, which is not black towards 

 the tip, and by tbe much more pellucid wings. 



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



Fam. 17. EULOPHLDtE. 



A. Scutellum with two furrows. 



a. Antennae 8-jointed. - - - Cirrospilus. 



b. Antennae 9-jointed. 



* Antennae seated near the mouth. - - Melittobia. 



** Antennae seated much above the mouth. - Solenotus. 



B. Scutellum without furrows. 



a. Antennae of the male pectinated, those of 



the female with a 2-jointed or a 3-jointed 



club. ----- Eulophus. 



b. Antennae of the male not pectinated. - Sympiests. 



The genera of this family have not been much elaborated by Prof, 

 Foerster ; he distributes it in the above five genera. Several other 

 genera may be added to these, of which some should be removed to 

 other families. 



Melittobia has been already mentioned in these notes. Sympiesis is 

 founded on Eulophus sericeicornis, Nees, which frequently occurs in 

 England. 



Cirrospilus bifasciatus. Fcem. — Laete flavus, latiusculus ; 

 antennae subclavatas, thorace breviores ; abdomen nigro bifasciatum ; 

 alae diaphanae, albido venosae. 



Female. — Bright yellow, rather broad. Head small, short, 

 narrower than the thorax. Eyes piceous. Antennae 5-jointed, sub- 

 clavate, shorter than the thorax. Thorax elliptical, very finely 

 squamous ; sutures of segments indistinct. Abdomen flat, elliptical, 

 subsessile, a little shorter and broader than the thorax, with two black 

 bands in the middle part ; hind band much more slender than the 

 fore baud. Legs slender. Wings pellucid ; veins whitish ; ulna 

 much shorter than the humerus. Length of the body | line. 



South France, near Bordeaux. " On poplar trees." In the collection 

 of the Rev. T. A. Marshall. 



