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adopted De Laporte's generic name. The peculiar form and 

 low insertion of the antennge, and the very short part of the 

 costa occupied by the ordinary nervures of the superior wings, 

 are characters possessed also by the Encyrtklce. 



Sp, 1. Hoc, bispinosa. Fem. Nigra, pro- et mesotibiis 

 tarsisque omnibus rvfis, proalis medio fuscis, albo macu- 

 latis. 

 Chalcis bispinosa . . Fabr. Si/st. Piezat. 166. 28. Fonscol. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. 26. 279. 9. 

 Halticella bispinosa. Spin. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Tom. 

 XVII. Oliv. Nouv. Diet. cVHist. Nat. 



Nigra, nitida, punctata, vix pilosa : oculi fusci : ocelli rufo-fusci : 

 mesotlioracis scutellum apice bispinosum ; squamulaj rufo-fuscas : 

 abdomen nitidissimum, glabrum, acuminatum, subtus rufo-fuscum ; 

 pedes nigri ; pro- et mesotibise omnino, et metatibiae apice rufae : 

 tarsi rufi ; ungues et pulvilli fusci : alas subfuscae ; proalse 

 medio fuscae, albo bimaculatae ; nervi fusci. (Corp. long. 

 2 lin. ; alar. 2£ lin.) 



Taken near Paris, by M. F. de Laporte. 



Sp. 2. Hoc. bifasciata. Fem. Nigra, tarsis rufis, proalis 

 fusco bifasciatis. 



Chalcis bimaculata. Fonscol Ann. Sci. Nat. XXVI. 280. 11. 



Nigra, obscura, punctata, pilosa : oculi fusci : ocelli rufo-fusci : 

 antennae nigrse, graciles, thorace longiores : mesothoracis scu- 

 tellum inerme ; squamula? nigrse : abdomen H. bispinosce sed 

 brevius, nitidum, glabrum, basi nudum, subtus rufo-fuscum : 

 pedes nigri ; femora postica subtus fusca ; coxas, tibiae apice 

 tarsique rufescentes ; ungues et pulvilli fusci : alae subfuscae ; 

 proalarum fasciae medio connectse : nervi fusci. (Corp. long. 

 1—11 lin. ; alar. 2— 2J. lin.) 



Taken near Paris, by M. F. de Laporte. 



Sp. 3. Hoc. hetera. Mas. Nigra, pedibus rufis, meta- 

 femoribus et tibiis nigris, mesothoracis scutello integro. 



Nigra, nitida, punctata, pilosa : oculi fusci : ocelli rufo-fusci : an- 

 tennae nigrse, gracillimse, corporis dimidio longiores ; scapus 

 perlongus : mesothoracis scutellum inerme ; squamulee rufo- 



