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towards the tips, rather longer than the chest : hreadth of the fore- 

 chest ahout twice its length : petiole rather long : abdomen gib- 

 bous, very much shorter than the chest ; its height is somewhat less 

 than its length : legs black ; knees and feet tawny, as are also the 

 whole of the fore-legs except the base of the thighs : wings colour- 

 less ; veins tawny ; ulna not very broad, about one-fifth of the 

 length of the humerus ; radius longer than the ulna, a character 

 wherein this Eurytoma differs from all the other British species, 

 with the exception of E. plumata and rufipes. Length of the body 

 1 line ; of the wings l line. 



CALLIMOME Solinus. Mas. Viridis, abdomine purpureo, an- 

 tennis nigris, tibiis piceis, tarsis fulvis, alis subfuscis. 

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Allied to C. nigricornis, but having a more slender body, with 

 narrower and darker wings. Dark green, rather long and narrow : 

 eyes dark red : feelers black, about half the length of the body, 

 nearly filiform, moderately thick ; first joint green : abdomen 

 purple, rather narrower and shorter than the chest: hips, or coxas, 

 and thighs green ; shanks piceous ; knees, feet, and tips of the 

 shanks tawny : wings narrow, and slightly tinged with brown ; 

 veins black; ulna nearly as long as the humerus ; radius not more 

 than one-third of the length of the ulna ; cubitus less than one-half 

 the length of the radius. Length of the body If lines; of the 

 wings 3 lines. 



ELATUS, Walker, (n. g.) Page 104. 



This genus has a peculiar form, and somewhat resembles 

 Perilampus and Callimome. Male. Body convex, arched: head 

 and chest shagreened: head large, broader than the chest : feelers 

 broad, subclavate, inserted in the middle of the front, much shorter 

 than the chest ; first joint long, slender ; second cup-shaped ; third 

 and fourth very minute ; fifth and following joints to the tenth 

 short, broad, of nearly the same size, their breadth about twice their 

 length ; club conical, more than twice the length of the tenth joint : 

 chest almost gibbous : fore-chest subquadrate, of moderate size; its 

 breadth about twice its length : shield or scutum of the middle 

 chest broad; sutures of the parapsides strongly marked ; scutcheon 

 or scutellum large, almost conical : hind-chest large, obconical, de- 

 clining: petiole ralher stout, shorter than the hind-chest : abdomen 

 shorter and much narrower than the chest, smooth, shining, nearly 

 elliptical, very convex, and forming a transverse ridge at the tip of 



