178 MONOGRAPiriA CHALCIDITUM. 



triente brevior : pedes fusci ; coxsc nigro-virides ; femora apice 



flava ; tibiae apice basique flavae ; tarsi fusci, apice obscuriores. 



(Corp. long. |— 1 lin. ; alar. | — 1 lin.) 

 yar. ft. — Fern. Protibiae subtus flavae ; pro- et mesotarsi basi flavi. 

 Var. y. — Fern. Corpus aeneo-viride. 

 Var. c. — Fern. Pedes flavi ; coxa; virides ; femora viridi-fusca, 



apice flava ; meso- et metatibiae fuscae ; tarsi apice fusci. 



June ; on gi'ass in woods ; near London. 



Genus V. Meromalus/ Walker. 



Mas. — Caput mediocre, thorace paullo latius : antemiae 13-articu- 

 latae, submoniliformes, corporis dimidio multo breviores ; articuli 5". 

 ad 10™\ subasquales, approximati ; clava ovata, brevis, articulis 

 2 praecedentibus brevior et paullo latior : thorax valde convexus : 

 mesotboracis scutum, paraptera, epimera et scutellum magna, hoc 

 angustum ; parapsides optime determinatae : abdomen subliiieare, 

 subcompressum, thorace angustius sed vix longius ; segmenta 

 subaequalia : alae mediocres ; nervus solitus ante costam attingit 

 nervulum rejiciens fere obsoletum ; stigma nervulum brevissimum 

 emittens. 



Sp. I. Mer. flavicornis. Mas. Ci/aneo-viridis, autetmis 

 pedibusque Jlavis, alls subhyaUnis. 



Cyaneo-viridis, parilm nitens, punctatus: oculi ocellique obscure 

 rufi : antennae flavae ; articulus 1"^ et 2"^. supra pallide fusci : 

 abdomen cyaneo-nigrum, nitens, glabrum, basi cyaneo-viride : 

 pedes flavi ; coxse cyaneo-virides ; femora subtus fusco vittata ; 

 meso- et metatarsi straminei, apice fusci : alae subhyalinae ; nervi 

 fusci ; stigma mediocre. (Corp. long. | lin. ; alar. 1 lin.) 

 June; on grass in fields; near London. 



Genus VL Rhaphitelus,™ Walker. 

 Mas. — Corpus sublineare : caput mediocre, thorace paull6 latius, 

 vix antice productum : antennae 12-articulata2, clavatae, corporis 

 dimidio breviores ; articulus 1"^ gracillimus ; 5"^ et 4 sequentes 

 cyathiformes, lati, approximati; 10"^ et 11"^ brevissimi, circu- 

 lum articulo 9". paullo longiorem et angustiorem fingentes ; 12"^ 

 gracilis, setiformis : mesotboracis scutum latum, planum, maxi- 

 • lj.4pos pars. naKhs tener. ■" putfLs acus, reAos finis. 



