130 = Mr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 
the length of the humerus; radius a little longer than the ulna; cu- 
bitus short, hardly one-fourth of the length of the radius, with which 
it forms a very acute angle; stigma very small. Length of the body 
24 lines ; of the wings 3 lines. 
West Indies. In Mr. Clear’s collection. 
Smiera Pratinas, mas. Rufa, nigro varia, antennis nigris, pedibus 
nigro flavoque variis, alis fuscis. 
Bright red: head and chest roughly punctured : crown of the head 
black; a spot of the same colour along the lower edge of the eye: 
fore-chest with a large black spot on its back, and a smaller spot on 
each side; there is also a small black spot on each of the epimera of 
the middle chest : petiole long : abdomen smooth, shining, short, broad 
not nearly so long as the chest : feelers black, nearly linear, as long 
as the chest ; first joint rather broad, red at the base, forming a very 
obtuse angle beneath ; second and third joints very short ; fourth and 
following joints of moderate size, hairy, closely joined together, and 
successively decreasing in length; tenth and three following joints 
yellow: fore-legs and middle-legs simple, hairy ; hips and thighs red, 
the latter tinged with black ; shanks black with yellow tips; feet 
yellow; the joints successively decreasing in length till the fifth, which 
is somewhat longer than the fourth: hind-legs red; hips large, ob- 
clavate, black towards the tips, and that especially on the upper side ; 
thighs very large, compressed-oval, armed beneath with about twelve 
small teeth ; shanks dark red, black at the base and towards the 
tips, curved and fitted to the thighs : wings dark brown ; veins pitch- 
colour. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4 lines. 
West Indies. In Mr. Clear’s collection. 
Chalcis Resus, fem. Nigra, pedibus flavis, metafemoribus nigro 
vittatis, alis sublimpidis. 
Black ; head and thorax dull, punctured, clothed with bright yel- 
low hairs, especially at the tip of the scutellum : abdomen smooth, 
shining, clothed above with a few hairs: antennz black: legs yel- 
low ; hind-thighs black on the inside and having a large spot of the 
same colour on the outside, armed beneath with eight small black 
teeth, and having also one larger yellow tooth near the base: wings 
nearly colourless or slightly tinged with brown ; squamulz yellow; 
veins piceous, paler towards the base of the wings. Length of the 
body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 
Sierra Leone. In Mr. Clear’s collection. 
Palmon Idomene, mas et fem. Cyaneo-viridis, abdomine eneo aut 
purpureo, subtus fulvo, oviductu corporis longitudine, antennis 
pedibusque flavis, metapedibus purpureo-fulvis, alis sublimpidis. 
Male. Head and chest scaly : head green, hardly broader than the 
chest which is bluish green: eyes and eyelets red: abdomen obclavate, 
slender, flat, bronze-colour, tawny beneath towards the base, nearly 
as long as the chest: feelers subclavate, yellow, less than half the 
length of the body; first joint long, slender, linear; second cup- ~ 
