NOTES ON CHALC1DLE. 119 



Female. — Bright green. Head much broader than the thorax. 

 Antennae brown, slender, very slightly increasing in thickness towards 

 the tips, a little shorter than the thorax ; first joint luteous ; second 

 elongate-cyathiforrn, luteous at the base ; third and fourth minute ; 

 fifth and five following linear, successively and very slightly decreasing 

 in length ; club sublauceolate, a little more than twice the length of 

 the tenth joint. Thorax gilded green. Prothorax very short. Sutures 

 of the parapsidcs very indistinct. Paraptera rather large. Metathorax 

 sloping, rather large, transversely and slightly impressed in the 

 middle. Abdomen sessile, much longer than the thorax, varied with 

 gilded cupreous and blackish purple hues, concave in the disk, lanceo- 

 late towards the tip ; apical segment lanceolate, convex, about one-third 

 of the length of the preceding part. Legs luteous, slender ; tarsi 

 brownish at the tips. Wings with a luteous tinge, which is most 

 distinct in the fore wings, from the end of the humerus to the stigma ; 

 veins luteous ; humerus much longer than the ulna; radius as long 

 as the ulna ; cubitus much shorter than the radius ; stigma blackish, 

 rather large. Length of the body 3 lines. 



Pteeomalus integer. Mas. — Aureo-viridis ; caput thorace paullo 

 latius ; antennae nigra?, subclavatae, thorace paullo breviores, articulo 

 lo luteo, clava subfusiformi ; paraptera sat parva ; abdomen nigro- 

 purpureum, fere lineare, basi aureo-viride, thorace brevius et multo 

 angustius ; pedes lutei ; alae subcinereae, venis pallide lutescentibus, 

 stigmate fusco. Faim. — Cupreus ; antennae fuscae ; abdomen lanceo- 

 latum, subtus carinatum et angulatum, thorace multo longius, apice 

 compressum. 



Male. — Gilded green, rather stout. Head a little broader than the 

 thorax. Antennae black, subclavate, a little shorter than the thorax ; 

 first joint luteous ; second cyathiform ; third and fourth very minute ; 

 fifth and five following successively and very slightly decreasing in 

 length ; club subfusiform, a little more than twice the length of the 

 tenth joint. Prothorax very short. Sutures of the parapsides 

 extremely indistinct. Scutellum broad. Paraptera rather small. 

 Metathorax short, sloping. Abdomen blackish purple, sessile, nearly 

 linear, golden green at the base, shorter and much narrower than 

 the thorax. Legs luteous, rather stout ; tips of tarsi pale brown. 

 Wings slightly cinereous; veins pale lutescent ; ulna about half the 

 length of the humerus ; radius a little longer than the ulna; cubitus 

 a little shorter than the radius; stigma brown. Female. — Cupreous. 

 Antennae brown. Abdomen lanceolate, much longer than the thorax, 

 beneath keeled, and obliquely ascending towards the tip ; three last 

 segments longer than the preceding segment : apical segment com- 

 pressed. Length of the body ]£ — If line. 



