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



stylate, compressed, very little deeper at the tip, much shorter 

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

 femora much incrassated, their teeth successively decreasing in 

 size towards the tips. Wings cinereous; veins black. Fore-wings 

 blackish from the base to the cubitus ; ulna more than half the 

 length of the humerus; radius and cubitus very short. Hind- 

 wings blackish for full two-thirds of the length from the base. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. Discovered by Mr. Wallace. In the Bri- 

 tish Museum. 



Halticella gladiator. 



Teem. — Nigra, sat gracilis ; caput et thorax scabrosa ; caput 



valde impressum, facie perobliqua; antennae graciles, fili- 



formes, thorace non longiores ; scutellum inerrae ; abdomen 



thorace longius, basi rufum longi-ellipticum, apice stylatum ; 



femora postica dentata ; tarsi rufi ; alae fuscescente cinereae. 



Female. — Black, rather narrow. Head and thorax largely 



scabrous. Head much impressed in front ; face very oblique. 



Antennse slender, filiform, inserted near the mouth, as long as the 



thorax. Thorax with the usual structure ; scutellum unarmed. 



Petiole extremely short. Abdomen longer than the thorax ; basal 



part elongate-elliptical ; its first segment occupying more than 



half the surface, red towards the base ; all the following segments 



very short, with cinereous pubescence ; apical part forming a 



lanceolate style, full half the length of the preceding part. Tarsi 



and anterior knees red ; hind-femora much incrassated, armed 



beneath with eight very minute teeth. Wings brownish-cinereous; 



veins black ; ulna hardly one-third of the length of the humerus ; 



radius extremely short ; cubitus very little longer than the radius. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. Discovered by Mr. Wallace. In the British 



Museum. 



Halticella declarator. 

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

 sum, facie sub-obliqud ; antennse graciles, filiformes, thorace 

 longiores ; scutellum inerme ; abdomen ellipticum, thorace 

 non longius ; femora postica dentata ; alse cinereae, dimidio 

 basali nigricante fusco. 



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

 in front ; face slightly oblique. Antennae slender, filiform, longer 

 than the thorax, red for full one-third of the length from the tips. 

 Thorax pubescent, with the usual structure, unarmed, with the 



