126 NOTES ON CHALCIDI.E. 



Mule and female. — Bright green, in structure like E. entedonoides. 

 Head a little broader than the thorax. Antennae brown, as long as 

 the thorax, filiform in the male, subclavate in the female. Sutures 

 of the parapsides strongly marked. Abdomen elougate-oval in the 

 male, elliptical in the female, shorter than the thorax. Legs yellow. 

 Wings pellucid. Fore wings with a large or vei-y large brown patch 

 in the disk ; veins pale testaceous. Length of the body f line. 



Eulophus jiaculipennis. Fcem. — Viridis, gracilis, aeneo cupreo- 

 que varius, antennas nigrae, filiformes, articulo lo flavo apice nigro, 

 5o Goque flavis ; prothorax et metathorax brevis ; parapsidum suturae 

 bene determinatae ; abdomen sessile, longi-fusiforme, depressum, apice 

 compressum stylatum ; pedes lutei, femoribus basi fuscis; alae anticaa 

 alba), fascia iuformi furcata maculisque quinque fuscis. 



Female. — Green, slender, varied with aeneous and cupreous. Head 

 a little broader than the thorax. Antennae black, filiform, slender; 

 first joint yellow, very long, black towards the tip ; second clavate ; 

 third and three following successively decreasing in length ; fifth and 

 sixth yellow ; club lanceolate, about twice the length of the sixth 

 joint. Prothorax and metathorax short. Sutui'es of the parapsides 

 well defined. Paraptera far apart. Abdomen sessile, elongate- 

 fusiform, depressed, compressed and stylate at the tip. Leg3 

 luteous ; femora brown towards the base. Wings white. Fore 

 wings with two brown spots near the base, with an irregular and 

 interrupted brown band which is forked in front, and with three 

 exterior marginal brown spots ; veins brown ; ulna much longer than 

 the humerus; radius short; cubitus shorter than the radius, 

 descending nearly directly towards the disk ; stigma small. Length 

 of tbe body £ line. 



I believe that I have seen a British specimen of this species in 

 the collection of the late John Curtis, which collection is now in 

 Australia. 



S Digltphus clavicoenis. Fcem. — Aureo-viridis, gracilis ; caput 

 thoraci aequilatum ; antennae nigra3, clavatae, septem-articulatae, 

 thorace multo breviores, clava lanceolata ; scutum antice atteuuatum ; 

 parapsidum suturae indeterminatae ; scutellum bisulcatum ; meta- 

 thorax bene determinatus ; abdomen lineare, apice conicum, thorace 

 paullo longius ; pedes nigri, femoribus apice tibiisque basi flavo-albis, 

 tibiis apice tarsisque pallide flavis, tibiis tarsisque auticis sordide 

 flavis, illis fusco vittatis ; alae diapbanae, venis sordide albidis, stigmate 

 miuimo. 



Female. — Gilded green, slender. Head as broad as the thorax. 

 Antennae black, clavate, seven-jointed, uiucb shorter than tbe thorax ; 



