THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 110 ] NOVEMBER, MDCCCLXXII. [Price 6d. 



Economy of Chalcldim. By Francis Walker, Esq. 



(Continued from p. 202.) 



The tliree genera here represented belong to the Eupel- 

 niidaB, a family distinguished, like the Encyrtidae, by the 

 peculiar structure of the middle legs. 



CEA PULICAEIS. 



Cea. 



This genus is only known in these isles by two specimens, 

 found in Ireland by A. H. Haliday ; the one figured, and 

 another which has wings. 



Calosoter. 



There are two British species, C. vernalis and C. aestivalis ; 

 the former appears earlier in the year than the latter, from 

 which it may be distinguished by its larger size and darker 

 wings. They are both, probably, parasitic on wood-eating 



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