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slender, subclavate, not longer than the chest ; first joint long, slen- 

 der; second cup-shaped ; the following joints successively decreas- 

 ing in length ; cluh spindle-shaped, a little broader than the eighth 

 joint and nearly thrice its length : head and chest dull, punctured : 

 abdomen depressed, smooth, shining, bronze-black, much shorter 

 but hardly narrower than the chest ; its length scarcely exceeding 

 its breadth : legs piceous : wings colourless ; veins tawny. Length 

 of the body J line ; of the wings J line. 



ENCYBTUS Hydramon. Fern. Viridis, abdomine &neo, anten- 

 nis pedibusque nigris, tar sis fulvis, alis Iimpidis. Page 

 135. 



Head and chest convex, shagreened, bright green : head a 

 little broader than the chest : eyes and eyelets red : feelers black, 

 clavate, hardly longer than the chest ; first joint long, slender, 

 green ; second cup-shaped ; the following joints from the third to 

 the eighth successively decreasing in length ; club spindle-shaped, 

 a little broader than the eighth joint and more than thrice its 

 length : chest short-elliptical : shield of the mid-chest long, conical ; 

 axilla just meeting on the back ; scutcheon large, subrhomboidal : 

 abdomen obconical, depressed, shagreened, dark bronze colour, 

 greenish towards the base, a little narrower and very much shorter 

 than the chest : legs black ; feet dark tawny ; middle-feet and four 

 hinder-knees pale yellow : wings colourless ; veins piceous. Length 

 of the body f line ; of the wings 1 J line. 



ENCYRTUS Philotis. Mas. Niger, antennis tarsisque fulvis, alis 

 Iimpidis. Page 135. 



Body black, rather narrow: head and chest convex, thickly 

 punctured, rather hairy : head as broad as the chest : eyes and 

 eyelets piceous : feelers dull tawny, filiform, rather hairy, nearly as 

 long as the body ; first joint long, slender, black ; second cup- 

 shaped, black; the following joints from the third to the eighth 

 long, linear, of nearly equal length ; club spindle-shaped, nearly 

 twice the length of the eighth joint : chest nearly elliptical : shield 

 of the mid-chest long ; axillae parted by a short interval on the 

 back; scutcheon nearly obconical : abdomen obconical, depressed, 

 smooth, a little narrower and very much shorter than the chest ; seg- 

 ments of nearly equal size : legs black ; knees black ; knees and 

 feet dark tawny, middle-feet pale tawny : wings colourless ; veins 

 piceous. Length of the body | line ; of the wings 1-J- line. 



