16 MONOGRAPIIIA CHALCIDITUM. 



Leucopsis gigas . . . Lam. Anim. sans Vertebres. IV. 151.; 

 DumerilDict. des Set. Nat. XXVI. 

 169. 



Mas. — Nigra, flavo pubescens : caput inter oculos flavo bimacu- 

 latiim : labium rufescens : oculi fusci : ocelli sordide albidi : 

 antennae apice rufse ; articulus 1^^. flavus, extus et apice supra 

 niger : prothoracis scutellum flavo marginatum ; mesothoracis 

 scuti dorsum flavo bimaculatum, latera flavo vittata; super scutelli 

 dorsum macula flava, antice valde emarginata ; epimera fere 

 tota flava : metathoracis scutellum apice acute bispinosum : 

 abdomen flavo bifasciatum et apice maculatum : pedes flavi ; pro- 

 et mesocoxa^ nigrse ; metacoxae nigrae, flavo supra basi et subtus 

 apice maculatae ; trochanteres fusci ; pro- et mesofemora basi 

 nigrofusca aut nigra ; metafemora nigra, extils flava nigro 

 maculata ; dentes nigri ; l^^ brevis ; 2"^. et 3*^^. elongati, acumi- 

 nati ; caeteri obtusi, longitudine decrescentes ; metatibiae subtus 

 nigrofuscae ; tarsi fulvi : alae iridescentes, fuscae ; costa satu- 

 ratior. 



Fern. — Abdomen supra flavo 4-fasciatum, subtus rufofuscum, niti- 

 dum ; fasciae dissimiles, interruptae : abdominis segmenti 1"". 

 oviductus medium attingens, fuscus ; tegmina nigra. (Corp. 

 long. 4| — 6 lin. ; alar. 9 — 12 lin.) 

 July; South of France. M. F. de Laporte has taken it 



near Paris. 



Sp. 3. Leuc. nigricornis.*^ Fem. Nigra, jlavo-variegata, 

 prothoracis scutello Jlavo-hifasciato, mesoscuti dorso im- 

 maculato, oviductu abdominis basim non attingente. 



Leucospis dispar. a. Fonscol. Ann. Sci. Nat. 26. 275. 



Nigra, flavo pubescens : caput immaculatum : labium rufescens : 

 oculi fusci : ocelli sordide albidi : antennae apice fuscae : protho- 

 racis scutellum flavo bifasciatum ; fascia antica medio angustior : 

 mesothoracis scuti latera flavo vittata ; epimera flavo maculata : 

 metathoracis scutellum inerme ? ; super dorsum macula flava, 

 antice valde emarginata : abdomen utrinque supra flavo 4-ma- 

 culatum, subtus rufo-fuscum ; maculae dissimiles : abdominis 

 segmenti 1"*^ oviductus apicem attingens, fuscus ; tegmina 

 nigra : pedes flavi ; coxae nigrae ; metacoxae supra basi et 

 subtus apice flavo maculatae ; trochanteres nigrofusci ; pro- et 

 mesofemora basi nigra ; metafemora nigra, externe flava nigro 

 maculata; dentes nigri, 1"^ brevis, 2"s. et 3"^ elongati, acumi- 



"= This, and many of the following species, were sent to me by M. F. de 

 Laporte, with the MS. names which I have adopted. 



