58 ME. W. F, KIRET OK THE CHALCIDINiE. 



spite of its structural analogy to Dirrhimis, it would perhaps be 

 better to remove it from the Chalcidinse to the Cleonymiiise, and 

 place it near Epistenia, &c. 



11. Agamerion. (Plate III. figs. 20, 21.) 

 Agcmerion, Hal. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. p. 298 (1843). 

 Type Iliscogaster gelo, Walk. Mon. Chalc. ii. p. 27 (1839), 

 from Sydney. 



Head as broad as the thorax ; eyes large ; antennae pubescent, 

 12-jointed, far apart at the base, inserted below the eyes, joints 

 3 and 12 minute; scutellum with a projecting point; abdomen 

 sessile, ovate (conical in female) ; coxse and hind femora much 

 thickened, and slightly keeled below ; hind tibise with short 

 spines on the outside, and two long spurs on the inside at the tip 

 (sec. Haliday ; one apparently missing) ; colour metallic. 



12. NoTASPis. (Plate III. figs. 22, 23.) 



Notaspis, Walk. Ent. Mag. ii. p. 37 (1837). 



Type N. formiciformis, Walk. I. c. p. 38, from St. Vincent's. 



Head large, broader than the thorax; eyes large and very 

 prominent ; antennse 13-jointed, inserted near the mouth, sub- 

 clavate, scape about one third of their length ; scutellum very 

 large and produced to a point ; abdomen sessile, first joint 

 very large ; hind femora moderately swollen, with a large obtuse 

 projection beneath. 



13. Epinj^us. (Plate III. figs. 24, 25.) 



Type Smicra dux, Walk. Journ. Ent. i. p. 173 (1861), from 

 Para. 



Head as broad as the thorax : antennse 14-jointed, moderately 

 thick, and slightly pubescent ; scape rather long, inserted about 

 the middle of the face, which is excavated to the front ocellus ; 

 joints 2-4 minute : abdomen with a short but distinct petiole, 

 and gradually produced into a long pointed cone ; scutellum bi- 

 dentate ; hind coxge long, w^th a leaf-like projection above ; hind 

 femora armed beneath with rather large teeth, that at the base 

 much larger than the others ; neryures of the wings indistinct. 



14. CoNUBA, Spin. (Plate III. figs. 26, 27.) 

 Comira, Spin. Mag. Zool. vii. Ins. pi, clxxx. (1837). 

 Type C. flavicans^ Spin., from Brazil. (Eecently bred by Mr. 

 P. N. Braine, from cocoons of Altariis Hesperus (?), from Cayenne.) 



