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black, shorter and narrower than the thorax; metapodeon of mode- 
rate size; octoon and following segments short: legs pale fulvous, 
slender; middle tibiz and middle tarsi dilated, and the tips of the 
former armed with long spines; thighs and middle tibiz striped with 
black; hind thighs and hind tibie black, tips of the latter fulvous ; 
hind knees pale yellow: wings limpid, narrow; nervures yellow; 
humerus much less than half the length of the wing; ulna and ra- 
dius extremely short; cubitus longer than the radius; stigma very 
small. 
Var. 6. Scutum green, zeneous towards the fore border. 
England. From the collection of the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 
16. Encyrtus Peticus, mas. Cyaneo-viridis, scutello cupreo, abdo- 
mine nigro, antennis nigris, pedibus flavis viridi cinctis, alis lim- 
pidis. (Corp. long. lin. $; alar. lin. 1.) 
Body nearly linear, somewhat narrow: head and thorax convex, 
bluish green, finely squameous: head transverse, a little broader than 
the thorax; vertex broad; front abruptly declining, not impressed : 
eyes red, of moderate size, not prominent: ocelli forming a triangle 
on the vertex: antennz slender, subclavate, black, shorter than the 
body; first joint long, linear; second long-cyathiform; third and 
following joints small, successively increasing in breadth until the 
ninth; club fusiform, broader than the ninth joint and thrice its 
length: thorax oblong-subquadrate: prothorax transverse, very 
short: scutum of the mesothorax broad; parapsides united to the 
scutum ; paraptera large, yellow; axille triangular, meeting on the 
dorsum ; scutellum obconic, dull cupreous, of moderate size, abruptly 
declining at the tip: propodeon transverse, short, declining: po- 
deon extremely short : abdomen obconic, depressed, smooth, shining, 
bluish black, much shorter and rather narrower than the thorax; 
metapodeon bluish green, of moderate size; octoon and following 
segments short: legs yellow, long, slender; coxee green; mesopedes 
dilated as usual; propedes fulvous; thighs and tibie of mesopedes 
and of metapedes each encircled with a broad green band: tips of 
the tarsi piceous: wings limpid, rather narrow; nervures fulvous; 
humerus much less than half the length of the wing; ulna and ra- 
dius extremely short; cubitus of moderate length, pointing towards 
the disc of the wing; stigma very small. 
England. From the collection of the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 
17. Encyrtus Metharma, fem. Cupreus, scuto @neo-viridi, capite 
thoracisque lateribus rufis, antennis nigris flavo fasciatis, pedibus 
flavis piceo vittatis, alis limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. $; alar. lin. 1.) 
Body stout: head and thorax convex, finely squameous: head pale 
red, nearly semicircular, convex in front, slightly impressed behind, 
as broad as the thorax; vertex narrow: eyes large, not prominent: 
ocelli disposed in a small triangle, the middle one much in advance 
of the other two: antennz clavate, black, inserted near the mouth, 
longer than the thorax; first joint piceous, long, stout, fusiform; 
second long-cyathiform; third very minute?; fourth and following 
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