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



the usual structure; scutellum bidentate; callus at the base of 

 the fore-wings white; metathorax scabrous; petiole extremely 

 short. Abdomen elliptical, slightly antenuated hindward, shorter 

 but hardly narrower than the thorax. Legs red; femora with 

 pale yellow tips; hind-femora much incrassated, armed beneath 

 with many minute teeth ; tibiae pale yellow at the base and at the 

 tips. Wings cinereous; veins black; ulna about one-third of the 

 length of the humerus; radius less than half the length of the 

 ulna; cubitus very short. 



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



Jamaica. Discovered by Mr. Gosse. In the British Museum. 



The less shining thorax, and the slightly shorter and broader 

 abdomen are the only characters in which this species seems to 

 differ from C. Polyctor (post, p. 354). 



Chalcis implexa. 

 Mas. — Nigra, crassa; caput et thorax sub-scabra; antennae sub- 

 clavatse, ihorace breviores ; thorax flavescenti pubescens, 

 scutello inermi, metathorace scabroso ; abdomen longi- 

 ellipticum, thorace vix longius, apicem versus flavescenti 

 pubescens ; pedes femoribus posticis apice flavo strigatis, 

 tibiis posticis supra genubusque flavis; alae anticae basi sub- 

 fuscescentes. 

 Mole. — Black, broad, thick. Head and thorax minutely sca- 

 brous. Antennae stout, sub-clavate, shorter than the thorax. 

 Thorax with the usual structure, thinly covered with yellowish 

 pubescence ; scutellum unarmed ; metathorax very largely 

 scabrous. Petiole extremely short. Abdomen elongate, elliptical, 

 narrower, but hardly longer, than the thorax; apical half thickly 

 covered with yellowish pubescence. Knees yellow. Hind-femora 

 much incrassated with a yellow apical streak, armed beneath with 

 several small teeth; hind-tibiae yellow above. Wings cinereous: 

 veins black. Fore- wings with a brownish tinge towards the base; 

 ulna about half the length of the humerus; radius full one-third 

 of the length of the ulna; cubitus very short. 



Length of the body 4g lines; of the wings 7| lines. 



Ega, Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Chalcis deer eta. 

 Fcem. — Nigra; caput et thorax sub-punctata; facies perobliqua; 

 antennae crassae, filiforraes, thorace breviores ; scutellum 

 bidentatum; abdomen fusiforme, thorace longius, apice 

 peracutum; pedes pallide flavi, femoribus supra coxisque 

 nigris, tibiis posticis nigro fasciatis; alae cinereae. 



