42 Mr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 



Chalcis fervida, fern. Fulva, nigro fasciata et vittata, antennis 

 nigris, pedibus fulvis, alis subfulvis. 



Body tawny, roughly punctured : feelers black, ferruginous at 

 the tips ; first joint tawny beneath : fore-chest short, narrower in 

 front, concave along the hind-border, with a brown spot on each side : 

 shield adorned on each side with two oblique black stripes which 

 widen and unite towards the hind-border ; the inner pair after a short 

 interruption also converge and unite in front : a short black band on 

 the scutcheon : propodeon large, obconical, reticulated with ridges ; 

 the compartments quadrilateral ; a slight ridge along the middle, and 

 a short black band at the base : petiole very short : abdomen smooth, 

 shining, tapering from the base to the tip or clavate, narrower and 

 much longer than the chest, compressed and hairy towards the tip ; 

 metapodeon large, conical, with a black band near the tip ; octoon 

 not half the length of the metapodeon ; ennaton a little shorter than 

 the octoon ; decaton as long as the ennaton, traversed by a black 

 band ; protelum a little longer than the decaton, also traversed by a 

 black band ; paratelum much longer than the protelum ; telum with 

 a black tip, ratber more than twice the length of the paratelum : legs 

 tawny ; hind-thighs armed beneath with one long sharp tawny and 

 six small black blunt teeth ; the fifth and sixth teeth double : wings 

 slightly tawny ; veins brown ; humerus much less than half the 

 length of the fore-border ; ulna nearly half the length of the humerus ; 

 radius a little longer than the ulna ; cubitus not one-fourth the length 

 of the ulna, sending forth a very short branch ; spurious vein tawny, 

 indistinct. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Para. In the British Museum. 



Decatoma Neesii, Foerster. Fulva, thoracis apice nigro, abdominis 

 disco fusco, antennis pedibusque fulvis, alis anticis fusco semi- 

 fasciatis. 



Fern. Body tawny : head and thorax punctured, slightly squameous : 

 head transverse, a little broader than the thorax : eyes and ocelli 

 piceous : feelers clavate, tawny, brown towards the base : base of 

 the propodeon black : a broad irregular brown stripe along the back 

 of the abdomen : legs tawny : wings colourless ; veins tawny ; ulna 

 and radius very short ; a pitchy spot beneath the ulna diffused into 

 a broader brown band which descends into the disc of the wing. 

 Nearly allied to D.flavicollis. Length of the body \ line; of the 

 wings 1 line. 



Inhabits Germany. 



Palmon Sinensis, mas et fern. Viridi-cyaneus, abdomine subtusfidvo, 

 vaginis corpore fere duplo longioribus, antennis nigris, pedibus 

 viridibus, tibiis anterioribus tarsisque anticis fulvis, t arsis pos- 

 terior ibus fiavis, alis limpidis. 

 Head and chest finely shagreened : head green, as broad as the 

 chest : eyes red : mouth dark tawny : feelers black, club-shaped, 

 much shorter than the chest : chest long and narrow, blue with a 



