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tum; caput transversum brevissimum, impressum, thoracis 
latitudine; vertex sat latus; frons abrupte declivis, oculi 
picei, mediocres, non extantes; antennae fuscae, hirtae, 
fusiformes, thorace longiores; articulus 1 us longus, gra- 
cilis, fusiformis; 2 us cyathiformis, 3 us et sequentes ad 
7 um clavam fingentes fusiformem; thorax ovatus; pro- 
thorax transversus, supra non conspicuus; mesothoracis 
scutum longitudine latius; parapsidum suturae non bene 
determinatae; scutellum parvum; metathorax brevissimus; 
petiolus nullus; abdomen sublineare, thorace paullo longius 
vix angustius; pedes picei, simplices, subaequales; alae 
limpidae; proalae latissimae; squamulae piceae; nervi fusci, 
costae dimidii vix longitudine (Corp. long. lin. 1/4; alar 
lin 1/,). 
To judge from the description it must absolutely have 
been a dried specimen mounted on card which he has had 
before him. When for example he states: abdomen de- 
pressed, head impressed, forehead sloping, abdomen al- 
most lineate, this can only apply to a dried individual, 
and from the description it is quite impossible to form any 
opinion what insect Walker has had when not being one- 
self in possession of anything that fits with the characters 
given. That the specimen belongs to the 7richogrammidae 
is not at all clear from the description. Legs light brown, 
simple, almost alike, is stated but this gives no assistance, 
as the other species treated in the same work do not be- 
long to the Trichogrammidae. With regards the wings he 
states: — Wings transparent, anterior pair very wide, 
which applies to almost all the Chalcids, although no men- 
tion is made with respect to the hairs. And as to the 
antenne — have they seven or eight joints? When Walker 
states that they are pubescent, it would appear that he 
had a very sharp eye or has used a very good lens, as 
the pubescense of the antenne of the Trichogrammidae 
is a point that cannot be observed by just everybody. But 
if the specimen has been a Trichogrammidae and Walker 
