122 NOTES ON CHALCIDI^. 



lanceolata, paraptera magna ; abdomen fere lineare, thorace multo 

 angustius vix brevius ; pedes lutei ; alae cinereae, venis fuscis, 

 stigmate mediocri. 



Male. — iEneous. Head broader than the thorax. Antennae black, 

 a little longer than the thorax, slightly increasing in thickness 

 towards the tips : 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 parapsides indistinct. 

 Paraptera large. Abdomen sessile, nearly linear, much narrower 

 than the thorax and about equal to it in length. Legs luteous. 

 Wings cinerous ; veins brown ; humerus more than twice the length 

 of the ulna ; radius longer than the ulua ; cubitus a little shorter than 

 the ulna ; stigma of moderate size. Length of the body j- line. 



Pteromalus obscurellus. Mas. — Saturate viridis ; caput thorace 

 multo latius ; antennas nigra?, lineares, clava lanceolata ; abdomen 

 flavescente unifasciatum ; pedes lutei, femoribus fuscescentibus ; alae 

 auticae fuscescentes, venis nigris, stigmate parvo. 



Male. — Dark gi*een. Head much broader than the thorax. 

 Antennae black ; second joint elongate-cyathiform ; third and fourth 

 very minute; fifth and five following elongate, linear, nearly equal; 

 club lanceolate, more than twice the length of the tenth joint. 

 Prothorax very short. Sutures of the parapsides indistinct. Abdomen 

 sessile, with a 3'ellowish band at a little before the middle. Legs 

 luteous ; femora mostly brownish. Fore wings brownish ; veins 

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

 longer than the ulna ; cubitus longer than the ulua ; stigma small. 

 Length of the body i line. 



Pteromalus obumbratus. Mas. — Saturate viridis ; caput thorace 

 multo latius ; antennae nigricantes, extrorsum crassiores, articulo lo 

 fulvo, clava fusiformi ; paraptera magna; abdomen cupreo-nigrum, 

 fere lineare, thorace brevius et paullo angustius, plaga magna llaves- 

 cente ornatum ; pedes lutei, femoribus obscurioribus ; ahe cinereae, 

 venis testaceis, stigmate magno nigricante. 



Male. — Dark green. Head much broader than the thorax. 

 Antennae blackish, slightly increasing in thickness towards the tips ; 

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

 fifth and five following successively and slightly decreasing in length ; 

 club fusiform, broader than the tenth, and a little more than twice its 

 length. Prothorax very short. Sutures of the parapsides very 

 indistinct. Paraptera large. Metathorax rather small. Abdomen 

 cupreous-black, sessile, nearly linear, shorter and a little narrower 



