120 NOTES ON CHAI.CIDIifi. 



Pteromalus contaminatus. Fcem. — Aurato-viridis ; caput thorace 

 paullo latius ; antennae fuscae, subclavatae, thorace paullo breviores, 

 articulo lo luteo, clava lanceolata ; paraptera sat parva ; abdomen 

 fusiforme, depressum, apice compressum, thorace paullo longius et 

 multo angustius ; pedes lutei ; alse subcinereae, venis fulvis, stigmate 

 nigra. 



Female. — Gilded green. Head a little broader than the thorax. 

 Antennae brown, subclavate, a little shorter than the thorax ; first 

 joint luteous ; second elongate-cyathiforrn ; third and fourth very 

 minute ; fifth and five following successively and slightly decreasing 

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

 tenth joint. Prothorax very short. Sutures of the parapsides 

 extremely indistinct. Scutellum rather broad. Paraptera rather 

 small. Abdomen sessile, fusiform, depressed in the disk, much 

 narrower and a little longer than the thorax ; apical segment 

 compressed. Legs luteous, rather stout; tips of tarsi brown. Wings 

 slightly cinereous ; veins tawny ; ulna about half the length of the 

 humerus ; radius a little longer than the ulna ; cubitus a little shorter 

 than the ulna; stigma black. Length of the body 1£ line. 



It much resembles P. integer; the abdomen is shorter and not 

 keeled beneath, nor elongated and ascending towards the tip ; the 

 stigma is a little larger. 



Pteromalus alternipes. Fccm. — Cupreus ; caput thorace paullo 

 latius ; antennae nigrae, subclavatae, thorace multo breviores, clava 

 lanceolata ; paraptera sat magna ; abdomen cupreo-nigrum, lauceo- 

 latum, depressum, basi cupreum, subtus carinatum, apice compressum ; 

 pedes nigri, tibiis basi apiceque tarsisque pallide luteis ; alae anticae 

 vLx testaceo suffusae, venis lutescentibus. 



Female. — Cupreous. Head a little broader than the thorax. 

 Antennae black, subclavate, much shorter than the thorax ; second 

 joint elongate-cyathiform ; third and fourth very minute : fifth and 

 five following successively decreasing in length ; club lanceolate, 

 more than twice the length of the tenth joint. Prothorax very short. 

 Sutures of the paraj)sides very indistinct. Paraptera rather large. 

 Metathorax short. Abdomen sessile, lanceolate, cupreous-black, 

 cupreous at the base, depressed above, a little longer and much 

 narrower than the thorax, keeled beneath, compressed at the tip. 

 Legs black ; knees, tibiae towards the base and towards the tips and 

 tarsi pale luteous ; tips of the latter black. Fore wings slightly 

 tinged with testaceous ; veins dingy luteous ; humerus nearly twice 

 the length of the ulna : radius a little shorter than the ulna ; cubitus 

 much shorter than the ulna; stigma not darker than the veins. 

 Length of the body l£ line. 



