BRITISH SPECIES OF ANACHAKIS. 519 



natae, lobatas ; palpi 4-articulati, graciles, longitudine mediocri ; 

 articuli 1"^ et 2"\ mediocres, lineares, subaequales ; 3^^. longi- 

 cyathiformis, intus apice angulatus, 2°, pauUo brevior ; 4"^ sub- 

 fusiformis, 3°. longior et gracilior : labium longum, angustum, 

 fere lineare ; ligula brevis, lata, integra; palpi 3-articulati, breves, 

 clavati ; articuli P^. et 2"^. graciles, lineares, hie brevissimus ; 

 3"^. longi-ovatus, crassus, 1". longior : antennas articulis mari 14, 

 fern. 13, corporis circiter longitudine, graciles, filiformes, pilis bre- 

 vissimis hirti ; articuli 1"^ et 2"*. nitidi, glabri, hie subrotundus 

 parvus, ille validus basi gracilior ; 3"^ et sequentes ad postremo 

 proximum graciles, filiformes, longitudine gradatim decrescentes ; 

 ultimus subfusiformis, pauUo longior : thorax ovatus, altus, pos- 

 tice angustior, subtus et utrinque punctatus striatus parilm nitens : 

 prothorax minimus, supra vix conspicuus : mesothorax maximus; 

 scuti parapsidum suturae bene determinatse, punctatse, postice 

 mutuo accedentes ; paraptera et epimera conspicua ; scutellum 

 subrotundum, extans, basi utrinque impressum, apice abrupte 

 declive : metathorax mediocris, obscurus, scaber, declivis : petio- 

 lus gracillimus, teres, glaber, metathorace infimo insertus, longi- 

 tudine varius : abdomen longiovatum, glabrum, acuminatum ; 

 segmenta 6 transversa parallela conspicua, basale magnum, 

 sequentia ad ultimum gradatim decrescentia ; segmenta ventralia 

 lamina angusta occulta : oviductus brevis, abdominis apicem non 

 transiens : pedes longi, graciles, simplices, recti, pilis brevissimis 

 hirti ; tibiae apice bispinosae ; protibiae spina unica longa valida 

 curva armatje ; tarsi articulis 1°. ad 4™^. longitudine decrescenti- 

 bus ; 5"^. 4°. longior ; ungues et pulvilli parvi : protarsi articulo 

 1°. subtus incise : alae mediocres, subtilissime pubescentes, pili 

 inter costam et nervum 1"™. longiores : proalse nervis 4; l"^ 

 s. longitudinalis alae basi emergens, subcostam spatio excurrens, 

 dein abrupte flexus illam attingens et alse apicem accedens ; 2"^. 

 s. transversus basalis 1°. subcostali excurrente decedens, in alae 

 discum recte declivis et desinens ; 3"^. 5. transversus medius 1^ 

 angulo progreditur, in alaj discum excurrit ubi 4°. s. extimo trans- 

 verso recurrente jungitur et conficitur : metalas nervo unico sub- 

 costali simplici. 



Fein, antennae breviores articulo ultimo crassiore, petiolus brevior, 

 abdomen longius et acutius. 



Anacharis has many characters, which together distinguish it from 

 the other genera of Cynipites ; among these, are — the filiform and 

 slender antennae, about as long as the body ; the scutellum smooth 

 and shining, neither gibbous nor acuminate, perpendicular behind^ 

 so as to form a right angle when viewed sideways ; the long slen- 



