70 ME. W. F. KIEBY ON THE CHALCIDHSTJl!. 



in the middle, and with a yellow streak on each side of the 

 ovipositor at the extremity ; the ovipositor is ferruginous, shading 

 into blackish at the extremity, and recurved to much less than 

 half the length of the abdomen. Legs yellow, shading into fer- 

 ruginous ; four front coxse and femora mostly blackish ; hind legs 

 ferruginous above and within, and mostly yellow on the outside ; 

 hind femora with a comparatively small black band on the out- 

 side, and with one large and about seven small teeth. Wings 

 smoky hyaline, very iridescent. Sab. Mysol. 



Described from one female example, collected by A. E. 

 Wallace. 



Leucospis tomentosa, n. sp. 



Exp. al. 94 lin. ; long. corp. 4| lin. 



Black, closely punctured, with short greyish pubescence. 

 Yertex and thorax tinged with metallic green ; face reddish, 

 covered with silvery tomentum. Antennae dark brown above, 

 reddish below, the scape inclining to yellow. Metathorax edged 

 behind with a conspicuous yellowish-white tuft of hair on each 

 side. Abdomen not p etiolated, of equal breadth throughout. 

 Under surface of the body mahogany-brown. Hind femora nar- 

 rowly bordered with yellow above and below, with one large and 

 about nine small teeth ; hind coxse bordered with metallic green 

 above and below ; tip of front femora in one specimen with a 

 short yellow line beneath. Ovipositor reddish, recurved to the 

 base of the scutellum. Wings hyaline, clouded along the costa 

 and at the tips. Hob. St. Thomas; Tapajos, Amazons. 



Described from three female specimens, Avhich stood in the 

 British-Museum collection as Metallopsis cayennensis, but are 

 apparently quite distinct from that species. 



Chalcidin^. 

 Smicea, Fair. 



Smicea etjfipes, n. sp. 



Exp. al. 41 lin. ; long. corp. 3 lin. 



Head and body entirely black, except a small sjDot beneatu 

 each antenna and the tips of the mandibles, which are reddish. 

 Antennas long, subclavate, apparently 12-jointed, the fourth joint 

 longest ; thorax very coarsely but evenly punctured ; tegulge 

 reddish ; petiole stout, reddish at the extremity, nearly as long 

 as the rest of the abdomen, which is smooth and shining ; legs 



