60 ME. W. F. KIRBY ON THE CHALCIDlNiE. 



18. AspiEHiNA. (Plate lY. figs. 3-5.) 



Type Halticella chiUtator, "Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) i. 

 p. 36G (1862), from Saiitarem. 



Aiitennse ll-joiuted, inserted near the mouth, short, thick, 

 subclavate, and extremely pilose ; scape about one third of the 

 total length ; scutellum projecting behind in a long straight 

 spine ; hind femora unarmed, but fringed with short hairs be- 

 neath ; abdomen pear-shaped, the first segment occupying about 

 two fifths of its length. 



Eesembles Neochcdcis and Triclioccenia in the peculiar structure 

 of the scutellum. 



19. Peoctoceeas, (Plate IV. figs. 6-8.) 



Type Smicra leucotelus, "Walk. Journ. Ent. i. p. 181 (1861), 

 from Ega. 



Antennae IS-jointed, short, rather stout, of uniform thickness, 

 inserted nearly opposite the loAver border of the eyes and clothed 

 with fine bristles, scape and the short second and third joints 

 nearly naked ; sutures of the mesothorax obsolete ; scutellum un- 

 armed ; abdomen subp etiolated, ovoid, and provided with a 

 slender exserted ovipositor slightly longer than the abdomen 

 itself; hind femora moderately swollen, armed below with one 

 large and several small teeth, 



I believe that Clialcis caudatus, Guer. Icon. E. Anim., Ins. 

 p. 413, pi. Ixvii. fig. 6 (1829-1844), from Brazil, is a second 

 species of this genus. 



20. Thaumatelia. (Plate lY. figs. 9, 10.) 



Type Clialcis separata, "Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) i. 

 p. 353 (1862), from Ega. 



Antennae sliort, 11-jointed, inserted rather below the eyes, 

 scape of moderate length, bare, the remaining joints pilose, the 

 second shortest, the third longest, the remainder of nearly uniform 

 length and thickness, terminal joint conical ; scutellum and 

 metathorax unarmed ; hind femora denticulated beneath ; abdo- 

 men produced into a very long slender stylus, nearly twice as 

 long as the basal part, and fringed on each side with short 

 bristles ; first joint of the abdomen nearly equal to half the length 

 of the broad portion. 



