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shorter than one-third of the metapodeon ; protelum shorter than 

 the metapodeon ; paratelum and telum very short : sheaths of the 

 oviduct just appearing beyond the tip of the abdomen. Length of 

 the body 2 lines ; expansion of the wings 4 lines. 



Page 48. PTEROMALUS Sunides. Viridis cupreo varius, anten- 

 nis piceis,pedibusjlavis, alls limpidis. 



Male; Green, varied with cupreous, shining ; head and thorax 

 finely squameous : head broader than the thorax : antennae slender, 

 filiform, piceous, longer than the thorax ; first joint yellow ; the 

 joints from the fifth to the tenth successively decreasing in length ; 

 club fusiform, more than twice the length of the tenth joint: tho- 

 rax fusiform : prothorax of moderate size : sutures of the parap- 

 sides indistinct ; scutellum exhibiting no traces of the transverse 

 suture : propodeon large, with a slight keel along the middle : 

 podeon extremely short : abdomen fusiform, smooth, shorter than 

 the thorax ; metapodeon large ; octoon, ennaton and decaton of 

 moderate size ; protelum and following segments very short : legs 

 yellow : wings limpid ; nervures fulvous ; humerus much longer 

 than the ulna ; radius shorter than the ulna ; cubitus shorter than 

 the radius; stigma very small. 



Female ; Dull-green : head as broad as the thorax : antennae 

 subclavate, rather shorter than the thorax ; first joint piceous, ful- 

 vous at the base ; club oval : abdomen oval, a little shorter and 

 broader than the thorax, concave above, keeled beneath. Length 

 of the body 1 J line ; expansion of the wings 2 lines. 



Page 48. PTEROMALUS Odites. Purpureus, abdomine cyaneo 

 basi viridi, antennis piceis, pedibusjlavis, femoribus piceo 

 vittatis, alls limpidis. 



Female ; Dull purple, head and thorax finely squameous ; 

 head a little broader than the thorax : antennae subclavate, slen- 

 der, piceous, much shorter than the thorax ; first joint fulvous : 

 the joints from the filth to the tenth successively decreasing in 

 length; club conical, much longer than the tenth joint : thorax 

 fusiform: prothorax of moderate size : sutures of the parapsides 

 very indistinct ; no traces of the suture across the scutellum : pro- 

 podeon green, keeled lengthwise: podeon extremely short: abdo- 

 men oval, smooth, shining, concave above, keeled beneath ; shorter 

 and broader than the thorax ; disk chiefly blue ; metapodeon 

 large, bright-green, varied with cupreous; octoon and following 

 segments of moderate size: legs yellow ; a pale piceous stripe 

 along each thigh : wings limpid ; nervures yellow; humerus much 

 longer than the ulna ; radius shorter than the ulna ; cubitus 

 shorter than the radius ; stigma fulvous, very small. Length of 

 the body l line ; expansion of the wings 2 lines. 



