136 FROCEEDiyGS OF THE XATIOXAL MUSEUM. vol. xxviii. 



Fiiniil.v LXII. CHALCIDID.E. 



Sublkiiiily II. CH^^I.CIIDI^J^JK. 



Tribe I. CHALCIDINI. 

 Genus CHALCIS Fabricius. 

 CHALCIS PRODENI^, new species. 



JShilc. — Lengtli, 1..") mm. Black, with whitish colored eyes, the 

 ocelli pale, the head and thorax closely and distinctly punctate, faintly 

 pul)escent; the abdomen highly polished, impunctate; the leg's are 

 black, but there is a small spot at base of the tibite, and all tarsi are 

 yellowish white; the antennte are black, but the flagellum is brownish 

 at apex and is not c^uite thrice as long as the scape. 



1>7><.— Cat. No. 7912, U.S.N. M. 



Manila. Described from a single specimen bred by Father Stanton 

 from the larAa of a Prodr/ux sp. It is probably the smallest species 

 in the genus. 



Tribe III. CHALCITELLINI. 



Genus ARRETOCERA Kirby. 



ARRETOCERA STANTONI, new species. 



FtinaJe. — Length, 2 mm. Black, the thorax distinctly punctate, 

 the metathorax rugulose; the abdomen is longly petiolated, the petiole 

 cylindrical, full}' as long as the long hind coxa', and furrowed above; 

 the body of the abdomen is compressed, highly polished; seen from 

 the side it is ovate, the lirst segment occupying most of its entire 

 surface; the scape, pedicle, tegula?, and most of the legs, except the 

 tarsi, the hind coxa', and femora, are Havo-testaceous, the flagellum 

 light brown, the hind coxa^ black, the hind femora I'eddish with an 

 obscure dusky tinge outwardly, the tarsi white. Wings hj^aline, the 

 long, slender, marginal vein l)rown, the stigmal vein subsessile, the 

 postmarginal vein not developed. 



Mule. — Length, l.S to 2.1 nun. Agrees well with the female, except 

 that the flagellum is flliform, longer, yellowish, or with three or four 

 terminal joints l)lack; the petiole of the abdomen is longer and more 

 slender than in the female, longer than the hind coxa^; the body of 

 of the abdomen, as seen from the side, pear-shaped, testaceous at l)ase, 

 the hind femora more obscured, in one specimen almost black. 



Tiipe.—iM. No. 7!U3, U.S.N.M. 



.Alanila. (Father W. A. Stanton.) 



