62 ME. W. r. KIEBT ON THE CHALCIDIN^. 



Head, thorax, and scutellum covered with very large depressed 

 punctures ; antennae inserted high up in tlie face, whicli is clian- 

 nelled to receive the scape ; scape rather stout, longer than the 

 third joint, second joint minute, the remainder gradually dimi- 

 nishiug in length beyond the third, and rather long and slender 

 (tips broken) ; scutellum with a short thick smooth projection 

 behind ; metathorax with two teeth on each side ; femora armed 

 below with several small teeth ; " abdomen elliptical, not longer 

 than the thorax " (Walker). 



Appears to be related to the Australian genus Triclioxenia, 



2Ji. Teichoxekia. (Plate IV. figs. 17-20.) 

 Type Halticella cineraria, "Walk. Notes Chalc. iii. p. 45 (1871) ; 

 H. suifasciata, Walk., described on the same page, appears to be 

 only a smaller variety with paler wings. Both insects are from 

 South Australia. 



Antennse inserted far below the eyes and near the mouth, 12- 

 jointed ; face deeply channelled as far back as the ocelli for the 

 insertion of the scape ; scape one fourth of the length of the 

 antennae, dilated at the end; second joint small, third joint short, 

 fourth longer, the remainder gradually diminishing in length, the 

 last very small and conical ; thorax scabrous, sutures ill-defined ; 

 scutellum armed behind with a short straight spine; metathorax 

 with a short spine on each side ; abdomen subsessile, very convex, 

 the first segment covering almost half its length on the back ; 

 stylus unusually short and broad, hardly one fourth of the length 

 of the abdomen ; hind femora moderately swollen, unarmed, but 

 with a large rounded convexity at the base, beyond which they 

 are slightly grooved for the reception of the tibiae ; wings 

 variegated. 



25. Stomatoceras. (Plate IV. figs. 21-23.) 

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

 p. 861 (1862), from Natal. 



Antennae 11-jointed, inserted near the mouth ; scape very long, 

 almost one third of the length of the antennae, strongly curved, 

 and expanded at the extremity ; second joint very slender at the 

 base, gradually thickened to the extremity, about twice as long 

 as the third joint, Avhich is the shortest, joint 4 as long as joint 2, 

 the rest gradually diminishing in length ; terminal joint conical, 



