348 Mr. F. Walker's Notes on Chalcidites, 



scabrous. Head black above; face vertical. Antennae piccous, 

 filiform, luteous beneath ; scape yellow. Thorax with the usual 

 structure ; disk black ; scutellum unarmed, with a black streak. 

 Petiole short. Abdomen compressed, lanceolate, much narrower 

 than the thorax, and about twice its length ; segments with black 

 disks. Coxae, femora and hind-tibiae with black stripes ; hind- 

 femora much incrassated, with very large teeth. Wings cinereous, 

 with a luteous tinge along the costa ; veins black ; ulna full half 

 the length of the humerus; radius nearly as long as the ulna; 

 cubitus very short. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Ega. Discovered by Mr. Bales. In the British Museum. 



Smiera lUala. 

 Mas. — Nigra; caput apud oculos flavum ; antennae basi subtus 

 flavae ; prothorax flavo marginatus ; mesothorax flavo bi- 

 strigatus et bimaculatus ; petiolus longus ; abdomen breve ; 

 pedes flavi, nigro cincti ; alae cinereae. 



Male. — Black. Head and thorax minutely scabrous. Head 

 yell&w about the eyes. Antennae linear, shorter than the thorax ; 

 scape yellow beneath. Prothorax bordered with yellow in front 

 and on each side ; the forehand interrupted. Mesothorax with 

 an oblique yellow streak on each side of the scutum, and with a 

 yellow spot on each side of the scutellum ; calli at the base of the 

 fore-wings yellow. Metathorax roughly scabrous. Petiole slender, 

 a little shorter than the oval abdomen ; the latter very much nar- 

 rower than the thorax, and not more than half its length. Legs 

 yellow. Hind-coxae black. Hind-femora with many very minute 

 teeth ; tips black ; a large black spot on each side, dilated on the 

 inner side and extending to the tip. Anterior femora black at the 

 base. Hind-tibiae black at the base and towards the tips. Wings 

 cinereous ; veins black ; ulna hardly half the length of the 

 humerus ; radius nearly as long as the ulna ; cubitus very short. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Ega. Tn Mr. Smith's collection. 



Genus Epitranus. 



Epilranus impulsator. 



Mas.— 'Niger, gracilis ; caput et thorax punctata, nitentia ; 



caput non impressum, facie plana perobliqua ; antennae rufae, 



aub filiformes, scapo longissimo ; scutellum inerme ; petiolus 



striatus, longissimus ; abdomen ellipticum, subcompressum ; 



