“Mr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 109 
of the female are clavate, the abdomen is keeled beneath, and the 
metafemora are black. 
From Bombay. In the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
2. Chalcis Amphilochus, fem. Nigra, scutello bispinoso, antennis 
nigris, pedibus flavis, covis et metafemoribus nigris, profemoribus, 
mesofemoribus et metatibiis nigris apice flavis, protibiis et meso- 
tibiis nigro vittatis, alis limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. 2; alar. 
lin. 4.) 
Body convex, pubescent, black: head and thorax thickly punc- 
tured: head transverse, nearly as broad as the thorax: antenne 
stout, subclavate, black ; first joint long, slender ; second small ; third 
and fourth very minute; fifth and following joints to the tenth com- 
pact, pubescent, successively decreasing in length ; club oval, much 
longer than the tenth joint: thorax nearly oval: prothorax large, 
subquadrate, nearly as broad as the mesothorax ; its length less than 
half its breadth ; scutum of the mesothorax broad; sutures of the 
parapsides not very distinct, approaching each other behind ; axille 
triangular, hardly nearer to each other than are the sutures of the 
parapsides ; scutellum nearly round, clothed with white hairs on each 
side and at the tip, along which is a rim prolonged into two very 
short spines: metathorax transverse, very short: propodeon trans- 
verse, abruptly decumbent: podeon very short: abdomen oval, a 
little shorter than the thorax ; metapodeon smooth, shining, occupying 
nearly one half of the dorsum; octoon and the following segments 
dull, pubescent ; octoon not half the length of the metapodeon ; en- 
naton much shorter than the octoon ; decaton shorter than the en- 
naton ; protelum nearly as long as the decaton; paratelum and telum 
short: legs yellow; coxe and hind thighs black; fore and middle 
thighs and hind tibie black, their tips yellow ; a black stripe on each 
fore and middle tibia: wings limpid; squamulz dull fulvous ; ner- 
yures piceous; humerus much less than half the length of the wing; 
ulna more than half the length of the humerus ; radius a little longer 
than the ulna; cubitus very short; stigma furcate, very small. 
Found at Sierra Leone by the Rev. D. F. Morgan, and presented 
by him to the British Museum. 
3. Chalcis Visellus, fem. Nigra, scutello bispinoso, antennis nigris, 
pedibus flavis, metafemoribus nigris apice flavis, alis limpidis. 
(Corp. long. lin. 2}; alar. lin. 43.) 
Body convex, pubescent, black: head and thorax thickly punc- 
tured: head transverse, nearly as broad as the thorax: antenne 
stout, nearly filiform, black ; first joint long, slender ; second small ; 
third and fourth very minute ; fifth and following joints to the tenth 
compact, pubescent, successively decreasing in length; club oval, 
much longer than the tenth joint : thorax somewhat oval : prothorax 
large, subquadrate, nearly as broad as the mesothorax; its length 
less than half its breadth: scutum of the mesothorax broad ; sutures 
of the parapsides not very distinct, approaching each other behind ; 
axillz triangular, separated from each other by a space almost equal 
