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



the humerus; radius and stigma obsolete; cubitus extremely 

 short. 



Length of the body S| lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Sierra Leone. Discovered by Mr. Foxcroft. In the British 

 Museum. 



This species and the Celebes E. impulsator have evidently a 

 common origin, and probably one of them was transported in 

 very recent times to the region now inhabited by the other. 

 Their distinction as races or as sub-species cannot be determined 

 until more specimens are procured from both localities. 



Epilranus ruplator. 

 Mas. — Rufescente piceus ; caput et thorax sub-punctata, sub- 

 nitentia ; facies perobliqua ; antennae rufae, filiformes, thorace 

 paullo breviores ; thorax breviusculus, scutello inermi ; 

 petiohis longus, gracilis, sulcatus ; abdomen ellipticum, cla- 

 vatum ; pedes obscure rufi, femoribus posticis dentatis ; alae 

 sub-cineress. 

 Male. — Reddish-piceous. Head and thorax minutely punc- 

 tured, slightly shining. Head hardly as broad as the thorax ; 

 face very oblique. Antennae red, filiform, a little shorter than 

 the thorax, inserted near the mouth. Thorax rather short, with 

 the usual structure ; scutellum unarmed. Petiole slender, linear, 

 sulcated, about half the length of the thorax and somewhat shorter 

 than the elliptical, slightly compressed, and very deep abdomen. 

 Legs dull red, with the usual structure ; hind-coxae and hind- 

 femora much incrassated, the latter armed beneath with several 

 minute teeth. Wings slightly cinereous ; veins black ; ulna full 

 half the length of the humerus ; radius and cubitus extremely 

 short. 



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

 Port Natal. Discovered by M. Gueinzius. In the British 

 Museum. 



Genus Chalcis. 

 Chalets comitator. 

 Mas. — Nigra, crassa ; thorax dense punctatus ; antennae sub- 

 filiformes, thorace breviores ; scutellum inerrae ; metathorax 

 scaber : abdomen ovatum, acutum, thorace non longius ; 

 pedes tibiis anticis supra, tibiis posterioribus apice genubus- 

 que albis, femoribus posticis dentatis ; alae cinereae. 



Male. — Black, broad, thick, with hoary pubescence. Head 

 mA thorax thickly punctured. FJead impressed in front ; face 



