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



length of the abdomen. Abdomen black, acutely conical, tawny 

 at the base, much shorter and very much narrower than the 

 thorax. Hind-coxae black towards the tips ; hind-femora much 

 incrassated, with three black spots, armed with four large black 

 teeth. Wings dark cinereous ; veins black ; ulna full half the 

 length of the humerus, a little longer than the radius. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



East Florida. Discovered by Mr. Doubleday. In the British 



Museum. 



Genus Epitranus. 



Epitranus formicarius. 

 Fcem. — Rufescens, sat gracilis ; antennae filiformes, nigrss, 

 graciles, basi fulvae ; parapsidum suturse distinctissimae ; 

 petiolus sex-carinatus; abdomen nigrum, breve; alae angustae, 

 hyalinae. 

 Female. — Reddish, rather slender. Head and thorax thinly and 

 minutely punctured. Head as broad as the thorax ; disk of the 

 face smooth, with a slight furrow. Antennae slender, black, 

 filiform, tawny towards the base, shorter than the thorax, seated 

 on a protuberance close to the mouth ; scape not very much 

 shorter than the flagellum. Thorax elongate, well developed ; 

 sutures of the parapsides very distinct. Metathorax very large. 

 Petiole long, with six ridges. Abdomen black, shining, fusiform, 

 very much shorter than the thorax. Hind-femora much incras- 

 sated, armed with numerous very minute teeth. Wings narrow, 

 limpid ; veins tawny ; ulna full half the length of the humerus ; 

 radius almost obsolete ; stigma black, minute. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 3 lines. 

 This species indicates the close affinity between the Chalcidce 

 and the Spalangiidce. 



Port Natal. Discovered by Mr. Plant. In the British 

 Museum. 



Genus Chalcis. 



Chalets microlinea. 



Fcem. — Nigra, brevis, robusta ; antennae flagello lineari ; calli 

 humerales flavi ; abdomen ovatum, acutum, thorace vix longius : 

 pedes flavi, femoribus nigris, tibiis nigro notatis ; alae sub-cinereae. 



Female. — Black, short, stout. Head and thorax minutely 

 punctured. Head not so broad as the thorax. Antennae shorter 

 than the thorax, with a compact linear flagellum. Thorax and 

 abdomen of the usual structure. Thorax with a yellow callus at 

 the base of each fore-wing. Abdomen oval, acute, pubescent 



