184 Mr. F. Walker on some new species of Chalcidites. 
rated from each other by nearly the whole breadth of the dorsum ; 
‘scutellum rhomboidal: propodeon transverse, subquadrate, rugulose, 
shining, decumbent, of moderate size: podeon very short: abdomen” 
nearly linear, depressed, shining, very finely squameous, narrower 
than the thorax and hardly more than half its length; disc zeneous ; 
metapodeon bright blue towards the base; octoon, ennaton and de- 
caton of moderate size, each rather shorter than the metapodeon ; 
protelum, paratelum and telum short: legs very pale yellow; tips of 
the tarsi fuscous : wings limpid ; fore-wings broad ; nervures fulvous ; 
humerus less than one-third of the length of the wing; ulna much 
longer than the humerus; radius about one-fourth of the length of 
the ulna; cubitus very short, not more than one-half of the length 
of the radius; stigma very small. 
England. From the collection of the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 
26. Entedon Glabrio, mas. Nigro-viridis, abdomine cupreo, an- 
tennis nigris, pedibus flavis, femoribus viridibus, alis limpidis. 
(Corp. long. lin. 2; alar. lin. 1.) 
Body narrow, nearly linear: head and thorax convex, dark green, 
finely squameous: head transverse, short, a little broader than the 
thorax ; vertex broad; front much impressed: eyes of moderate size, 
not prominent: ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex: antennz 
filiform, stout, pubescent, black, as long as the thorax; first joint 
long, stout, fusiform; second small; third, fourth and fifth nearly 
equal in size; club fusiform, acuminated, longer than the preceding 
joint : thorax oval: prothorax very short: scutum of the mesothorax 
broad; sutures of the parapsides distinct, approaching each other 
towards the scutellum; axille triangular, of moderate size, remote 
from each other; scutellum rhomboidal: propodeon obconic, decli- 
ning, rugulose: podeon very short: abdomen conical, depressed, 
smooth, shining, cupreous, zeneous green towards the base, narrower 
and much shorter than the thorax; metapodeon of moderate length ; 
octoon and following segments each shorter than the metapodeon : 
legs fulvous ; coxe and thighs green ; tips of the tarsi fuscous : wings 
limpid ; nervures fuscous ; humerus less than one-third of the length 
of the wing; ulna much longer than the humerus; radius rather 
more than one-fourth of the length of the ulna; cubitus not more 
than half the length of the radius; stigma small. 
England. From the collection of the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 
27. Entedon (Pediobius) Imbreus, fem. Niger, cyaneo et viridi 
varius, antennis nigris, pedibus cyaneo-viridibus, tarsis albis, alis 
limpidis. (Corp. long. lin. 2; alar. lin. 1.) 
Body convex, black, shining here and there with blue or green : 
head and thorax finely squameous : head transverse, as broad as the 
thorax ; front convex, not impressed : eyes of moderate size, not pro- 
minent: ocelli disposed in a triangle on the vertex : antennz clavate, 
black, shorter than the thorax: thorax oval: prothorax transverse, 
short, narrower in front: scutum transverse ; sutures of the parapsi- 
des indistinct; scutellum obconic: propodeon short, declining : po- 
