MR. W. E. KIEBY ON THE CHALCIBIlViE, 75 



Black ; fore part of tlie body coarsely, and abdomen finely 

 punctured. Antennae 11-jointed, inserted near the mouth, very 

 long and slender; scajDe nearly one third of total length, atten- 

 uated beyond the middle and thickened towards the base and 

 also immediately at the tip ; second joint also thickened at the 

 tip ; scape and second joint reddish at the tips, otherwise black ; 

 the remaining joints black, and of equal width, the divisions 

 very indistinct. Legs reddish yellow ; femora black, except at 

 the tip ; middle tibiae blackish between one fourth of the dis- 

 tance from the base and the middle, and hind tibiae blackish 

 at the base and beneath. Wings strongly smoky in the middle ; 

 the costal nervure about half the length of the wing, brown, 

 darkening at the extremity, where it terminates in a thick oval 

 club ; scutellum unarmed. Abdomen sparingly clothed with 

 white hairs beneath ; hind femora apparently unarmed and cai'i- 

 nated beneath. Hah. Canary Islands. Collected by the late T. 

 V. Wollaston. 



Chalcis, Fair. 



Chalcis callipus, n, sp. 



Exp. al. 4|- lin. ; long. corp. 2| lin. 



Black, clothed with a short grey pubescence, antennal grooves 

 reddish on the inside ; thorax and scutellum coarsely punctured, 

 the sutures well defined ; pro thorax about twice as broad as long ; 

 scutellum bituberculate ; metathorax rugose, armed with two 

 short spines on each side ; tegulae and the space immediately at 

 the insertion of each wing ivory-white ; abdomen with the first 

 tw^o segments smooth and shining above, the second and following 

 with greyish down on the sides ; under surface of abdomen 

 reddish ; four front femora black, broadly white at the tips, tibiae 

 white, more or less black in the middle, and all the tarsi whitish 

 shading into fawn-colour; hind coxae, trochanters, and femora 

 entirely red, except a white spot at the extremity of the latter on 

 the outside ; hind femora armed below with a series of small 

 teeth ; hind tibiae black, with the tip white, and an oblong white 

 spot near the base. Wings hyaline, with yellowish costal nervure 

 and blackish stigma. Hah. Japan. 



Closely allied to the European O. Fonscolomhei,'Dv£. {podogrica, 

 Eossi, nee Eabr.); but in that species the hind coxae are black at 

 the base. 



