24 MONOGRAPHIA CHALCIDITUM. 



Naturf. 24. 5(j. 19. Tab. 2. fig. 23. 



Oliv. Encycl. Method. V. 438. Rossi 



Faun. Etrus. II. 58. 803. Latr. Regne 



Anim. III. 474; Now. Edit. V. 295. 



Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. VI. 13. PI. B. 



23. 10. Panz. 78. fig. 15. i>ow. XI. 



57. 379. Lam. Anim. sans Vertehres, 



IV. 153. Leach, Ed. Encycl. IX. 144. 



Samouelle, 271. PI. 8. fig. 6. Fonscol. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. XXVI. 276. 2. 

 Smiera clavipes . Spin. Ann. du Museum, 8fc. Tom. XVII. 

 Chalcis sispes . Dalm. Act. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 



fiir dr. 1820. 

 Smiera sispes . . Curtis, Brit. Ent. 472. 



Mas. — Nigra, pilis canis vestita : oculi ocellique fusci : antennae 

 subfiliformes, corporis dimidio breviores ; scapus nitidus : palpi 

 maxillares articulis 4 ; 1^^ brevis, exti»s excavatus ; 2"^. mult6 

 longior ; 3"^ brevis, 1°. sequalis : mentum quam S. nigrificis latius : 

 palpi articulis 3 fere aequalibus ; 2"^. paullo brevior : mesotho- 

 racis scutellum apice bisponosum ; squamulse fuscae : petiolus 

 quam ^S*. nigrificis brevior : abdomen nitidum : pedes nigri ; pro- 

 et mesofemora apice rufa ; metafemora rufa, apice nigra, subtus 

 dentibus 8 inaequalibus armata ; pro- et mesotibiae nigro-fuscae ; 

 metatibise nigras; tarsi rufi, apice fusci; alse subfuscse, apice 

 fuscae ; nervi fusci. 



Fern. — Antennae paull6 breviores, clavatse : oviductus rufo-fuscus. 

 (Corp. long. 2| — 3| lin. ; alar. 4|— 5| lin.) 



Far. B. — Metafemora extus flavo maculata. 



Described from specimens taken at Paris by M. F. de La- 

 porte. Unlike C. nigrifex, it abounds more in the North 

 than in the South of Europe. 



There are three more described European species ; viz. — 



Sp. 3. Srai. melanaris. 



Chalcis melanaris . . Dalm. Act. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. 



Handl fur dr. 1820. 

 Smiera Macleanii . . Curtis, Brit. Ent. 472. 



Taken lately in Essex. 



