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Art. XLVII. — Monographia Chalciditum. By Francis 

 Walker. 



( Continued from p. 26.) 



the green myriads in the peopled grass.' 



Family Cleonymid^e. 



Genus Cleonymus, Latreille. 



Mas. Corpus squameum, pubescens : caput parvum, thorace 

 paullo angustius, antice non impressum : oculi mediocres, sub- 

 rotundi, non extantes : ocelli in vertice triangulum fingentes : 

 antennae fusiformes, latae, pubescentes, 1 2-articulatee, thorace 

 breviores ; articulus l us . longus, fusiformis ; 2 US . brevis, cyathi- 

 formis ; 3 US . brevissimus ; 4 US . et sequentes ad 10 um . breves, ap- 

 proximati, subcyathiformes ; ll us . et 12 us clavam fingentes 

 conicam, acutam, subcavam, articulo 10°. duplo longiorem : man- 

 dibulae arcuatae, bidentatae, similes, basi latae subquadratae, apice 

 angustse ; dentes parvi acuti, externus paullo longior : maxillae 

 longae, angustae, subarcuatse ; laciniae acuminatae, intus dilatatae ; 

 palpi 4-articulati graciles filiformes, articuli l us . 2 US . et 3 US . 

 mediocres subclavatae aequales, 4 US . longifusiformis acuminatus 

 3°. plus duplo longior: labium conicum ; ligula brevis, lata, antice 

 ciliata; palpi 3-articulati lati clavati, articulus l us . mediocris 

 clavatus, 2 US . brevis subrotundus, 3 US . latus securiformis 1°. lon- 

 gior : thorax longi-ovatus, angustus, subtus per longum sulcatus : 

 prothorax magnus, antice angustior : mesothoracis scutum planum, 

 sat magnum ; parapsides vix conspicuae ; scutellum parvum, con- 

 vexum, rhombiforme ; paraptera et epimera bene determinata : 

 metathorax conspicuus, postice angustior: abdomen cochleatum, 

 planum, scite squameum, parce pubescens, thorace vix longius ; 

 segmenta 7 dorsalia conspicua subtus fere convenientia, l um . sat 

 longum basi impressum, 2 um . brevissimum, 3 um . paullo longius, 

 4 um . adhuc longius, 5 um . maximum, 6 um . et 7 um . minima ; seg- 

 menta ventralia dorsalibus nisi ad abdominis apicem obtecta : 

 sexualia dum quietem agunt occulta : pedes subaequales, sim- 

 plices ; coxae magnae ; femora gracilia; tibiae rectae ; tarsorum 



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