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



part fusiform, slightly compressed, reddish-piceous ; apical part 

 stylate, compressed, of equal breadth, a little shorter than the 

 preceding part. Hind-legs of the usual form ; hind-femora armed 

 beneath with ten teeth of nearly equal size. Wings cinereous ; 

 veins black. Fore-wings with the ulna about half the length of 

 the humerus ; radius and cubitus very short, of equal length. 



Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Amboina, Ceram. Discovered by Mr. Wallace. In the British 

 Museum. 



Halticella properator. 



Foem. — Nigra; caput et thorax scabrosa ; caput impressum, 

 facie perobliqua ; scutellum inerme ; metathorax bidentatus ; 

 petiolus brevissimus ; abdomen thorace vald^ longius, basi 

 longi-ellipticum, apice stylatum punctatum ; tarsi picei ; 

 femora postica incrassata, septem-dentata ; alse fuscescenti- 

 cinereae. 

 Female. — Black. Head and thorax scabrous. Head and thorax 

 in structure like those of//, ducator {sup. p. 357}, but with the face 

 more oblique. Petiole very short. Abdomen very much longer 

 than the thorax ; basal part elongate-elliptical ; apical part stylate, 

 compressed, punctured along most of the length, very slightly 

 decreasing in depth to the tip, a little longer than the preceding 

 part. Tarsi piceous. Hind-legs of the usual form ; femora 

 armed beneath with seven minute teeth. Wings brownish cine- 

 reous ; veins black ; ulna about half the length of the humerus ; 

 radius and cubitus very short. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Java. Discovered by Mr. Bowring. In the British Museum. 



Halticella tentator. 

 Mas et Foem. — Nigra ; caput et thorax scabrosa ; caput valde 

 impressum; antennae filiformes ; calli rufi ; scutellum inerme; 

 metathorax bidentatus ; petiolus brevissimus ; abdomen 

 rufum ; femora postica incrassata, dentata; alas anticae 

 cinereae, apud costam luridse. Mas. — Abdomen fusiforme, 

 thorace paullo brevius. Foem. — Abdomen thorace valde 

 longius, basi fusiforme, apicem versus stylatum. 



Female. — Black. Head and thorax largely scabrous, like those 

 of H. ensator {sup. p. 357) in structure. Antennae filiform ; calli 

 at the base of the fore-wings red. Petiole very short. Abdomen 

 very much longer than the thorax ; basal part fusiform, red ; apical 

 part stylate, compressed, of equal depth, much shorter than the 



