..MONOGRAPHIA CIIALCIDITlf M. 151 



alae albo-hyalinse, iridesceiites, ciliata? ; nervi fusci ; stigma 



obscurius, parvum. 

 Fern. — Nigro-viridis : abdomen cyaneo-viride. (Corp. long. 4- — | lin. ; 



alar. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Var. fi. — Mas, thorax viridis : mesothoracis scutellum, metathorax 



et abdomen cyanea. 



June and August; on grass in fields; near London. June; 

 Windsor Forest. 



Note. — This genus is allied to Pirenc, and probably connects 

 the Spalangiid(s and the Ormnceridce. 



Genus Asaphes.'' Walker. 



Caput mediocre, thorace vix latius, transversum, non antice pro- 

 ductum, inter oculos subimpressum : oculi mediocres, laterales : 

 ocelli supra verticem trigone dispositi : mandibulae arcuatae, 

 bidentatae ; dentes longi, acuminati : maxillae elongatae, interne 

 apicem versus in lobum productse : palpi maxillares biarticulati, 

 mediocres : mentum ovatum : labium sat longum, antice im- 

 pressum : palpi labiales breves, crassi, biarticulati ; maris antennee 

 12-articulatae, clavatse, thorace breviores ; articulus 1"^ gracilis, 

 flagelli dimidio longior ; 2"^ mediocris, elongato-cyathiformis ; 

 3"^ minimus ; 4"^ et 5 sequentes breves, cyathiformes ; clava 

 ovata, acuminata, articulos 2 praecedentes longitudine adequans : 

 fern, antennae paull6 breviores ; clava paullo brevior et obtusior : 

 thorax ovatus, convexus : prothoracis scutellum magnum, sub- 

 quadratum : mesothoracis scutum maximum ; parapsides bene 

 determinatae ; paraptera et scutum magna, hoc conicum : meta- 

 thorax mediocris : maris abdomen ovatum, convexum ; segmenta 

 lum^ et 2""^. maxima, 4 sequentia minima ; segmenta 5 ventralia 

 subtus conspicua: fern, abdomen paullo longius, subtus carinatum, 

 apice elevatum ; segmenta .5 dorsalia subtus basin versus retracta, 

 et ventralia nisi ad basin tegentia : oviductus subexertus : pedes 

 simplices ; cozae parvas ; tibiag rectae, apice spinis armatae ; tarsi 

 graciles ; articuli 1™°. ad 4™^. longitudine decrescentes, 5"^. 4". 

 longior : ungues et pulvilli parvi : alae angustae ; nervus solitus 

 ramulum sat longum emittens ; stigma ramulum emittens brevis- 

 simum. 



'' Q.!ru<p7\i, obscunis. 



