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and more than twice its length ; thorax short, nearly oval ; pro- 

 thorax very short ; scutum of the mesothorax broad ; parapsides 

 united to the scutum ; axillae complete ; scutellum large, obconic ; 

 propodeon short ; podeon extremely short ; abdomen obconic, de- 

 pressed, aeneous, smooth, shining, a little shorter and broader than 

 the thorax ; metapodeon and following segments short ; legs ful- 

 vous; protibiae and protarsi dilated, and the former armed with 

 long spines ; coxae black ; thighs and tibiae piceous, tips of the 

 latter fulvous; wings limpid, rather large ; nervures fulvous; hu- 

 inerus much less than half the length of the wing; ulna and 

 radius broad, very short; cubitus of moderate length ; stigma very 

 small. Var. B. Antennae piceous ; abdomen aeneous-black ; 

 tibiae altogether piceous ; tarsi fuscous. 



a. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



ENCYRTUS Proculus, Walker, MSS. Fern. Viridis, abdomine 

 antennis pedibusque nigris, genubus tarsisqueflavis, alis lim- 

 pidis. (Corp. long. lin. i f ; alar. lin. J 1.) 



Body thick ; head and thorax convex, squameous, bright-green ; 

 head a little broader than the thorax; vertex broad; front not 

 impressed, abruptly declining ; eyes of moderate size, not promi- 

 nent ; ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex : antennae clavate, 

 black, inserted near the mouth, nearly as long as the body ; first 

 joint slender, very long ; second lorig-cyathiform ; the following 

 joints from the third to the eighth successively shorter and broader; 

 club fusiform, broader than the eighth joint and thrice its length ; 

 thorax short, oval; prothorax very short; scutum of the mesotho- 

 rax very large, narrower in front; parapsides united to the scutum ; 

 axillae complete ; scutellum somewhat obconic ; propodeon short, 

 declining; podeon extremely short ; abdomen oval, depressed, 

 shining, finely squameous, aeneous black, narrower than the tho- 

 rax and hardly more than half its length ; metapodeon, octoon, 

 ennaton and decaton of moderate size ; the other segments very 

 short ; oviduct exerted, as long as one-fourth of the abdomen ; legs 

 black, stout ; mesotibiae and mesotarsi dilated, and the former 

 armed with long spines ; coxae green ; knees yellow ; tarsi yellow, 

 their tips piceous ; wings limpid ; nervures piceous ; humerus 

 much less than half the length of the wing ; ulna and radius 

 broad, extremely short ; cubitus of moderate length, pointing to- 

 wards the disk of the wing ; stigma very small. 



a. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



ENCYRTUS Fundulus, Walker, MSS. Mas. Cupreus scuto 

 viridi, abdomine nigro^ antennis fuscis basi piceis, pedibus 

 fusco-flavis, nigro cinctis, alis limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. ; 

 alar. lin. 1.) 



Body linear, rather narrow ; head and thorax convex, finely 



