120 MONOGRAPHIA CHALCIDUM. 



Oculi fusci : ocelli pallidi : thorax purpureus, antice aeneo-viridis, 



postice viridi-nitens : oviductus corpore dimidio longior : anten- 



narum articulus primus flavus, apice niger : pedes pallide rufi : 



tarsi straminei, apice obscuriores : alaj anticae fusco longitudi- 



naliter maculatse. (Alarum longitude, 3| lin.) 



Prothorax geneous green : mesothorax purple, aeneous 



green when viewed horizontally ; margins of the segments, and 



a spot near the apex of the scutellum, green : metathorax and 



coxae of posterior legs bright green : abdomen dark cupreous, 



the two basal segments fulvous : legs pale red : two basal 



joints of the tarsi straw-coloured : the superior wings have a 



fuscous spot extending almost from their base to the stigmal 



branch. 



July ; in a meadow ; near London. 



Sp. 3. Callim. Roboris. Mas et fem. Cyaneus, capite vi- 

 ridi, ahdomine ceneo hasi jlavo, pedibus rufis, alls hyalinis 

 (mas) aut subfuscis (fem.) 



Caput viride : thorax cyaneus aut purpureo cyaneus : maris abdo- 

 men aeneum aut viridi-aeneum, basi flavo cingulatum ; femince 

 rufum, basi supra viride, apice aeneo cupreo viridi nigroque varie- 

 gatum : scapus rufus, maris supra viridis : oviductus corpore 

 paullo brevior : pedes rufi : tarsi flavi, articulis duobus ultimis 

 pallide fuscis. (Alarum longitudo. If — 3i lin.) 



f/^y_ ^^ — Mas. Abdomen supra viridi-aeneum, immaculatum. 



Yar. y. — Fem. Thoracis latera viridi variegata. 



This species is very abundant on the foliage of oak trees, 

 and amongst the grass beneath, near London, from June to 

 September. It varies considerably in size; the male is usually 

 much smaller than the female. It resembles Cinips ventralis, 

 Fonscolombe. 



Sp. 4. Callim. quadricolor. Fem. Viridis, abdomine cu- 

 preo basi rufo, pedibus rujis, alis hyalinis, anticis fusco 

 maculatis. 



Caput cyaneo-viride : oculi ocellique rufi : thorax viridis, nitens : 

 abdomen cupreura, basi rufum, apice viride : oviductus abdomen 

 longitudine aequans : scapus et pedes rufi. (Alarum longitudo, 

 \\—2h lin.) 

 It has thick legs and antennae, and runs much faster than 



most species of this genus : the base of the first abdominal 



