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nera, and therefore just as well as Ophioneurus it is perfectly 
entitled to a position among the genera of the Chalcidids. 
The description of the genus is given below: — 
Head triangular, eyes large round, ocelli placed close 
together almost in a straight line, antenne placed just 
above the mouth on a level with the lower edge of the 
eyes; thorax of the same length as abdomen; parapsid 
grooves distinct; abdomen short cylindrical; antenne 7- 
jointed, scape, pedicellus, 1 anellus, 4 jointed clavus. 
Anterior wings broad, powerful, subcosta rather short, 
marginal vein very long, stigma nearer towards outeredge 
than the center-line of the wing is, fringe long, longest at 
the posterior angle. 
Posterior wings broad knifeformed, hindermost 
fringe long. 
Lathromeris scutellaris Forster. 
1856 Lathromeris scutellaris Forster Hym. stud. II, p. 89. 
1858 Ophioneurus scutellaris Reinhard Berl. Ent. Zeit. II, p. 323. 
1898 Chaetostricha scutellaris Dalla Torre Cat. Hymen. V p. 3. 
1904 Lathromeris scutellaris Ashmead Classific. p. 360. 
1909 che ” Schmiedeknecht Genera Insect. fasc. 97, 
d550! 
1915 Chaetostricha scutellaris. Wolff. Zeit. f. Forst- u. Jagdw. XLVII, 
Dp: 557 
Male black, thorax, especially the posterior half yellow; 
a yellow irregular spot on the anterior half of the sides 
of the abdomen. Muscular system of the wings visible 
almost to apex of abdomen; legs black, joint connections 
somewhat lighter. Eyes and ocelli red. Male genitalia 
produced somewhat beyond apex of abdomen. 
Anterior wings: nearly all the hairs in regular rows, 
about 18 shorter or longer rows of hairs, with quite 
single spread hairs between. 
The basal and larger half of wings withdeep black sha- 
ding, giving it the appearance of being nearly as black 
as body. Fringe rather long, about half as long as the 
