162 CATALOGUE OF 



3. MONALONION ANNULIPES. 



annulipes, Sgnl. A. S. E. F, 3me Ser. vi. 500. 

 Mexico. 



4. MONALONION BRACONOIDES. 



Mas. Nigrum, glabrum, fere lineare ; oculi valde prominuli ; anlenncB 

 picece, gracillinue, corpure multo loiigiores, articuLo \o crasso brevi 

 basi riifo, 2o pubescenle ; prothorax, abdomen basi el pedes qualuor 

 anteriores rufa ; femora postica nigra fasciata ; alee nigricanles, 

 semihyalina, nigra venosce. 



Male. Black, smoolb, sliining, slender, nearly linear. Head short. 

 Eyes very prominent. Rostrum tawny, exlendinjj to the middle coxae. 

 AntenniE pieeoiis, very slender, much longer than the body; first joint 

 thick, shorter than the head, red towards the base ; second pubescent, full 

 six times as long as the first; third much shorter than the second. Pro- 

 thoiax red, convex, conlracted and forming a neck in front. Scutellum 

 red. Abdomen red towards the base. Legs long. Four anterior legs red, 

 slender. Hind legs black, stouter; hind femora with a yellow band 

 beyond the middle. Wings blackish, semihyaline, extending much beyond 

 the tip of the abdomen ; veins black ; areolel of the membrane very large. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



5. MONALONION ICIINEUiMONOIDES. 



Nigrum; antenna: pubeicoiles, corpore mullo longiores, arliculo lo crasso 

 brevissiino basi rufa, 2a rufescenle ; prolhoracis lobus posticus, 

 scutellum, abdomen basi pedesque qualuor anteriores rufa ; femora 

 postica flavo unifasciata ; alee nigricanles, abdomen longe superanles. 



Black, slender, smooth, shining. Head transverse, short, red about 

 the mouth. Eyes prominent. Antenna; slender, pubescent, much longer 

 than the body; first joint thick, very short, red at the base; second 

 reddish, much longer than the third. Prothorax red above, excepting the 

 neck. Scutellum red. Abdomen red towards ,the base. Legs slender, 

 rather long. Four anterior legs red ; hind legs black, their femora with a 

 yellow band at somewhat beyond the middle. Wings blackish, extending 

 much beyond the tip of the abdomen. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Asia and Eastern Isles. 



6. MONALONION HUMERALE. 



Rufum, gracile, sublilissime punctatum ; caput breve ; oculi prominuli ; 

 rostrum coxas intermedins attingens ; antenn(B nigrce, (jraciUimce, 

 arliculo '[o piceo sal va lido ; prothorax anlice arctatus el bisulcatus, 

 postice nigra bimaculaius ; pedes lutei ; alee anlicce fuscescente 

 cinerecE, fusco venosi£. 



Red, slender, shining, very finely punctured. Head short-triangular. 

 Eyes black, prominent. Rostrum exteiuling to the middle coxie. Antenna 



