122 MONOGRAPHIA CHALCIDUM. 



Misocampus . . Latr. 



Pteromalus . . Swed. Stock. Trans. 1795. 

 Torymus . . Dalman. 



Ciiiips . . . OUv. Enc. Meth. Fonscolomhe. Ann. 



Set. Nat. 26. 283. 



Mas. — ^neo-viridis : oculi ocellique rufi : thorax apice viridis : 

 abdomen Eeneum, basi viride : scapus totus niger : genua tarsiqiie 

 straminei, horum apices fusci. 



Fern. — Viridis : caput inter oculos aeneum : thorax apice subtusque 

 seneus, segmentorum margines concolores : abdomen cupreuni, 

 basi viride : scapus basi subtusque flavus. (Alarum longitudo, 

 If— 3 lin.) 



It is narrower than C. pretiosus : the wings also are nar- 

 rower and longer, the nervures darker. 



This insect, and several other species, are pai*asites of the 

 larvae which inhabit the galls of the dog-rose. Mr. Curtis 

 has reared it from the galls during the months of July, 

 August, and beginning of September. Mr. Wailes has taken 

 it in the North of England. 



Sp. 8. Callim. varians. Fern. Virhlis, nitens, ahdomine apice 

 ceneo, oridiictu corpoi-e paullo longiore, pedibiis Jlavi.s, 

 femorihus supra viridibus aid ccneis, alis suhfuscis. 



Oculi ocellique rufi : thorax postice subtusque viridi-seneus : abdo- 

 minis segmentum primum viride, cupreo notatum : scapus flavus : 

 genua tarsique straminei. (Alarum longitudo, If — 2\ lin.) 



Var. ft. — Scapus fuscus, basi subtusque flavus : tibiae posticse 

 femoraque 4 antica fusco maculatoe. 



The basal joint of the antennae above has sometimes a 

 fuscous line near the apex, extending occasionally almost to 

 t!ie base : the thorax beneath, the margin of its segments 

 above, and the whole metathorax, are aeneous : the basal 

 abdominal segment has several small cupreous spots on its 

 disc : the thighs have a green or aeneous spot above, larger 

 and brighter in the posterior pair. 



August ; in meadows ; near London. 



Sp. 9. Callim. formosns. Fem. Cifpretts, nitens, ovidiictu 

 corporis dimidio longiore, pedibusjlavis, alis suhfuscis. 



Caput cupreo -cEneum, antice viride : oculi ocellique rufo-fusci : 

 thorax antice posticeque viridi-feneus : abdominis segmentum 



