1 IG Mr. Walker's descriptions o/Chix\c\d[tesfro.'n Lima. 



iinpressa, abrupte (led i vis: oculi picei, mctliocves, noii cxtantes : antennse 

 nigrse, submonilifornies, extrorsuvn crassiores, tliorace noii longiores ; arti- 

 culus l"Mongus, gracilis; 2"^ cyatliifonnis ; 3"" et 4"^ minimi; 5"-' et se- 

 (jiientes breves, usque ad 10"'" paullo ciirtantes; clava longiconica, acumi- 

 nata, articulo 10" plus diiplo longior : tborax ovatus : prothorax transversus, 

 brevis : mesothoracis scutum longitudine latius ; parapsidum suturie non 

 bene determinate ; scutellum brevi-conicum : metatliorax sat magnus, ob- 

 conicus, declivis : petiolus satlongus: abdomen aeneum, subrotundum, fere 

 planum, nitens, liBve, glabrum, tliorace multo brevius ; segmentura 1""" mag- 

 num, 2""" et sequentia brevia : pedes nigri, siniplices, subtequales ; trochan 

 teres picei ; femora apice flava ; tibiae fulvee, apice basique flavse ; tarsi flavi, 

 apice fusci : alse limpidas ; squamuke piccre ; nervi flavi ; nervus bumeralis 

 ulnari fere duplo longior, radialis ulnari vix brevior, cubitali multo longior; 

 stigma minutum. (Corp. long. lin. 1 ; alar. lin. I4.) 



Pachylartbrus Cleodoxa, Mas. Vii-idis, abdomen cupreum, antenncs fulvce, 

 pedes flavi, al(S Ump'idcE. 



Corpus convexum, viride, nitens, scitissime squaineum, parce hirtum : 

 caput convexum, breve, tborace paullo latius ; vertex latus ; frons impressa, 

 abrupto declivis : oculi rufi, mediocres, non extantes: palpi maxillares fulvi, 

 clavnti : antennae fulvte, extrorsum crassiores, tliorace paullo longiores; ar- 

 ticulus l"']ongus, gracilis; 2"* fuscus, longicyatbiformis ; 3"^et 4"' minimi; 

 .5"* et sequentes breves, usque ad 10"" paullo curtantes et latescentes; clava 

 fusitbrmis, pallide fusca, articulo 10° paullo latior et plus duplo longior : 

 thorax ovatus : prothorax transversus, mediocris, antice angustus : meso- 

 thoracis scutum longitudine latius ; parapsidum suturae non bene determi- 

 natJB; scutellum subconicum : metatliorax mediocris, declivis, obconicus : 

 petiolus brevis : abdomen cupreum, breviovatum, laeve, deprcssum, fere gla- 

 brum, thorace brevius : pedes flavi, simplices, subaequales ; coxae virides ; 

 tarsi apice fusci : alae limpidEe ; squamulae picese ; nervi flavi ; nervus bu- 

 meralis ulnari fere duplo longior, radialis ivlnari vix brevior, cubitali multo 

 longior; stigma minutum. (Corp, long. lin. | ; alar. lin. l4.) 



Pteromalus Archia, Mas. Niger, antemnce nigral, pedes rufi, femora ni- 

 gra, al(E fuscce. 



Corpus sublineare, convexum, nigrum, obscurum, pubescens, scitissime 

 squameum : caput transversum, breve, thoracis latitudine; vertex sat latus ; 

 frons impressa, abrupte declivis : oculi picei, mediocres, non extantes : an- 

 tennae nigrae, subfiliformes, pubescentes, thorace non longiores ; articulus 

 1""* longus, gracilis ; 2"* cyathiformis ; 3"^ et 4"^ minimi; 5"* et sequentes 

 usque ad 10"™ breves, sukequales, approximati ; clava subconica, articulo 

 10° multo longior: thorax ovatus: jorothorax transversus, brevis, antice 

 angustus : mesothoracis scutum longitudine latius ; parapsidum suturae non 

 bene determinate ; scutellum subconicum : metatliorax mediocris, declivis, 

 obconicus : petiolus brevissimus : abdomen sublineare, depressum, nitens, 

 laeve, fere glabrum, thorace paullo brevius, non latius : pedes obscure rufi, 

 simplices, subaequales ; coxae nigra? ; trochantercs picei ; femora nigra, 

 apice rufa ; tarsi apice obscuriores : alae fuscas ; squamulae piceae ; nervi 

 picei ; nervus humeralis ulnari duplo longior, radialis ulnari longior, cubita- 

 lis ulnari paullo brevior; stigma sat magnum. (Corp. long. lin. \~; alar, 

 lin. 2.) 



as distinct (see Temm. Man. Orn. pt. 4. p. 536, and Yarrell, Brit. Birds, 

 vol. iii. p. 168), and it appears that European specimens never exhibit the 

 peculiar plumage of A7}asformosu. T!ie subject, however, requires further 

 investigation. — (H. E. S.) 



