MK. W. F. KISBY 0?r THE CHALCIDIIfiE. 69 



Descriptions of New Species. 

 I have not a large number of new species to describe, as com- 

 paratively few additions have been made to the British-Museum 

 collection of Cbalcididse since "Walker's publications on the family. 



LETJCOSPIDINiE. 



' Leucospis, Fair. 



Leucospis tricolop, n. sp. 



Exp. al. 8 lin. ; long. corp. 4 liu. 



Black, very closely punctured, and with very fine grey pubes- 

 cence. Antennse red, first two joints blackish. Prothorax red, Avith 

 a black band in the middle, sides of meso- and metathorax bor- 

 dered above with red, raesothorax with a transverse red spot on 

 the back, a large red spot just below the fore wings, and meta- 

 pleura entirely red. Abdomen black, first segment not much nar- 

 rower than the second, with some indistinct red markings above, 

 and with the sides red; near the front of the second segment is a 

 yellow belt ; and towards the tip of the abdomen are two yellow 

 spots on each side, bordered below with red ones. Legs red ; 

 coxse black ; hind coxae red at the tips, hind femora with a large 

 black spot on the inside, yellow above and at the base on the out- 

 side, with an irregular black mark below the yellow upper border, 

 and armed with six very large teeth, the last obtuse. Hah. South 

 Africa. 



Described from one male specimeu. Parasitic on AnfMdimn 

 cordatiim, Smith, according to P. Mansel Weale. 



Leucospis mysolica, n. sp. 



Exp. al. 9 lin. ; long. corp. 4 lin. 



Black, very finely punctuated, and with fine pubescence. Head 

 and thorax Avith green reflections, face clothed with golden 

 tomentum ; antennse ferruginous, scape beneath yellow. Pro- 

 thorax with a broad yellow band, dilated at the sides, and partly 

 bordered with red ; mesothorax bordered with a yellow stripe on 

 each side, and with a transverse one in the middle ; scutellum 

 with a very brood yellow baud behind ; beneath the fore wings 

 is a large yellow spot ; and the metapleura are almost entirely 

 yellow. Pirst segment of the abdomen more than half the width 

 of the remainder, with a very broad yellow band, slightly edged 

 with reddish in front, and partly divided by a black line in 

 the middle above ; the rest of the abdomen with a yellow band 



