178 Myr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 
the former armed with long spines; coxe green; knees. fulvous; 
protibize and protarsi fuscous : wings limpid; nervures fuscous ; hu- 
merus yellow, much less than half the length of the wing; ulna 
broad, very short ; radius longer than the ulna; cubitus of moderate 
length, pointing towards the dise of the wing ; stigma extremely 
small. 
Found by Dr. Greville near Edinburgh. 
14. Encyrtus Meges, fem. Nigro-cupreus, scutello abdominisque 
basi cupreis, antennis nigris, pedibus nigris, genubus tarsisque ful- 
vis, alis limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. 2; alar. lin. 14.) 
Body stout, dark cupreous: head and thorax convex, finely squa- 
meous : head transverse, as broad as the thorax; vertex rather nar- 
row, front not impressed: eyes large, not prominent: ocelli near 
together, disposed in a triangle on the vertex: antennze black, cla- 
vate, inserted near the mouth, as long as the thorax ; first joint long, 
fusiform, slender toward the base; second long-cyathiform ; third 
very minute; fourth, fifth and sixth small; seventh, eighth and ninth 
broader; club 3-jointed, fusiform, much broader and rather longer 
than the three preceding joints: thorax rounded in front, square be- 
hind: prothorax transverse, short, convex in front, straight behind : 
scutum of the mesothorax broad; parapsides united to the scutum ; 
axille large, triangular, complete; scutellum bright cupreous, large, 
obconic, reaching to the base of the abdomen: metathorax, propo- 
deon and podeon very short and broad: abdomen obconic, depressed, 
smooth, shining, much shorter than the thorax; metapodeon short, 
bright cupreous, varied with green; octoon and following segments 
transverse, short: legs stout, black; knees and tarsi fulvous; tips of 
tarsi piceous; middle tibie dilated, fulvous at the tips and armed 
with long spines; middle tarsi dilated: wings limpid; nervures ful- 
vous ; humerus rather less than half the length of the wing; ulna 
extremely short; radius very short; cubitus longer than the radius ; 
stigma very small. 
England. From the eotiectitin of the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 
15. Encyrtus Preecia, mas. Cupreus, scuto viridi, abdomine nigro 
cupreo, antennis nigris, pedibus fulvis nigro cinctis, alis limpidis. 
(Corp. long. lin. 4; alar. lin. 1.) 
Body slender: head and thorax convex, cupreous, finely. squa- 
meous: head transverse, a little broader than the thorax; vertex 
broad ; front slightly impressed: eyes of moderate size, not promi- 
nent: ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex: antennz black, 
slender, filiform, inserted near the mouth, much longer than the tho- 
rax; first joint long, slender; second long-cyathiform; third very 
minute; fourth and following joints to the ninth small, of nearly 
equal size; club fusiform, as long as the three preceding joints : 
thorax oval: prothorax transverse, very short: scutum of the meso- 
thorax broad, bluish green; parapsides united to the scutum; axille 
complete; scutellum obconic: metathorax, propodeon and podeon 
very short : abdomen oval, depressed, smooth, shining, cupreous 
