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



oval, hardly longer than the thorax ; 2nd segment about half the 

 leno-th of the 1st ; 3rd segment less than half the length of the 

 2nd ; the following segments extremely short; apical part forming 

 a compressed lanceolate style, about "one-fourth of the length of 

 the preceding part. Hind-femora much incrassated, slightly 

 notched but not dentate beneath ; hind-tibiae curved^ compressed, 

 slio-htly dilated. Wings cinereous. Fore-wings with two blackish, 

 hindward-shortened bands ; the 2nd full twice the breadth of the 

 1st; veins black; ulna about one-fourth of the length of the 

 humerus ; radius and cubitus nearly obsolete. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



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

 Museum. 



Halt'iccUa proctotupej-ator. 



Fcem. — Nigra; caput et thorax scabrosa ; caput valde impres- 

 sum, facie perobliqua ; antennae sub-filiformes, thorace non 

 longiores ; thorax callis rufis, scutello inermi ; abdomen 

 rufescente-nigrum, basi longi-ovatum, apice stylatum; femora 

 postica dentata ; tarsi rufi ; alse cinereae, apud medium sub- 

 fuscescentes. 



Female. — Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head and thorax 

 scabrous. Head deeply impressed ; face very oblique. Antennae 

 robust, almost filiform, not longer than the thorax. Calli at the 

 base of the fore- wings red. Scutellum unarmed. Petiole very 

 short. Abdomen reddish-black, much longer than the thorax, 

 elongate-oval, with the exception of the apical part ; the latter 

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

 preceding part. Hind-femora much incrassated, armed beneath 

 with minute teeth. Tarsi red. Wings cinereous, with a brown 

 tinge about the middle ; veins black ; ulna about half the length 

 of the humerus ; radius and cubitus very short. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



This species is closely allied to H. tentator {ante, p. 358), but 

 may be distinguished by the shorter stylate part of the abdomen. 



Singapore. Discovered by Mr. Wallace. In the collection of 

 Mr. Saunders. 



Halticella lanceolator. 

 Fcem. — Nigra, sat gracilis ; caput et thorax scabra ; caput 

 valde impressum, facie perobliqua ; antennee filiformes, sat 

 graciles, thorace non longiores ; thorax callis nigris, scutello 

 inermi ; abdomen basi rufum longi-ovatum, apice stylatum ; 

 femora postica dentata ; tarsi rufi ; alae fuscescente cinerese. 



