130 Mr. F. Walker on some neij) species of Chalcidites. 



the length of the humerus ; radius a little longer than the ulna ; cu- 

 bitus short, hardly one-fourth of the length of the radius, with which 

 it forms a very acute angle ; stigma very small. Length of the body 

 2^ lines ; of the wings 3 lines. 



West Indies. In Mr. Clear's collection. 



Smiera Pratinas, mas. Riifa, nigra varia, antennis nigris, pedibus 

 nigro jiavoque variis, alisfuscis. 



Bright red : head and chest roughly punctured : crown of the head 

 black ; a spot of the same colour along the lower edge of the eye : 

 fore-chest with a large black spot on its back, and a smaller spot on 

 each side ; there is also a small black spot on each of the epimera of 

 the middle chest : petiole long : abdomen smooth, shining, short, broad 

 not nearly so long as the chest : feelers black, nearly linear, as long 

 as the chest ; first joint rather broad, red at the base, forming a very 

 obtuse angle beneath ; second and third joints very short ; fourth and 

 following joints of moderate size, hairy, closely joined together, and 

 successively decreasing in length ; tenth and three following joints 

 yellow : fore-legs and raiddle-legs simple, hairy ; hips and thighs red, 

 the latter tinged with black ; shanks black with yellow tips ; feet 

 yellow; the joints successively decreasing in length till the fifth, which 

 is somewhat longer than the fourth : hind-legs red ; hips large, ob- 

 clavate, black towards the tips, and that especially on the upper side ; 

 thighs very large, compressed-oval, armed beneath with about twelve 

 small teeth ; shanks dark red, black at the base and towards the 

 tips, curved and fitted to the thighs ; wings dark brown ; veins pitch- 

 colour. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



West Indies. In Mr. Clear's collection. 



Chalcis Resus, fern. Nigra, pedibus flavis, metafemoribus nigro 

 vittatis, alis sublimpidis. 



Black : head and thorax dull, punctured, clothed with bright yel- 

 low hairs, especially at the tip of the scutellum : abdomen smooth, 

 fihining, clothed above with a few hairs : antennae black : legs yel- 

 low ; hind-thighs black on the inside and having a large spot of the 

 same colour on the outside, armed beneath with eight small black 

 teeth, and having also one larger yellow tooth near the base : wings 

 nearly colourless or slightly tinged with brown ; squamulae yellow ; 

 veins piceous, paler towards the base of the wings. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Sierra Leone. In Mr. Clear's collection. 



Palmon Idomene, mas et fem. Cyaneo-viridis, abdomine aneo aut 

 purpurea, subtus fulva^ aviductu carparis longitudine, antennis 

 pedibusque flavis, metapedibus jnupureo-fulvis, alis sublimpidis. 



Male. Head and chest scaly : head green, hardly broader than the 

 chest which is bluish green : eyes and eyelets red : abdomen obclavate, 

 slender, flat, bronze-colour, tawny beneath towards the base, nearly 

 as long as the chest : feelers subclavate, yellow, less than half the 

 length of the body ; first joint long, slender, linear ; second cup- 



