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Genus EURYTOMA. 



Eurytoma capensis. 



Mas. — Nigra, robusta, scite punctata ; petiolus brevis ; abdo- 

 men glabrum, thorace multo brevius ; tibise tarsique fulva ; 

 alaa limpidse, venis fuscis. 



Male. — Black, stout. Head and thorax minutely punctured. 

 Petiole short. Abdomen smooth, much shorter than the thorax. 

 Tibiae and tarsi tawny. Wings limpid ; veins brown ; ulna thick, 

 less than one-fourth of the length of the humerus; radius not 

 longer than the cubitus. 



Length of the body 1| line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



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



Genus Perilampus. 

 Perilampus gloriosus. 

 Mas. — Splendide smaragdinus ; facies aureo-viridis ; antennae 

 nigrse ; scutellum productum, carinatum, acutum, aureo- 

 cupreum ; abdomen rufo-cupreura ; tarsi fulvi ; alae nigri- 

 cante cinereae, 

 Male. — Brilliant emerald green. Head not broader than the 

 thorax, minutely striated longitudinally; face golden-green, 

 minutely punctured, with aeneous pubescence ; hind border dark 

 cupreous. Antennae black ; scape bright green. Thorax largely 

 punctured ; scutum in front and sutures of the parapsides dark 

 cupreous; scutellum prolonged into along, keeled, golden-cupreous 

 spine. Abdomen brilliant red-cupreous, smooth, a little broader 

 and very much shorter than the thorax. Tarsi tawny. Wings 

 blackish-cinereous ; veins black ; ulna hardly one-fourth of the 

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

 cubitus moderately long, abruptly descending ; stigma extremely 

 small. 



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

 Mexico. Discovered by M. Salle. In the British Museum. 

 This and the following species diflPer sufficiently from the 

 European Perilavipi to be considered as the types of two new 

 genera, but as the Perilampi are very few in number it is hardly 

 necessary to separate them. 



Perilampus discolor. 

 Mas. — Niger ; caput parvum, thorace angustius ; thorax fulvo 



bivittatus ; parapsidum suturae obsoletae ; scutellum biden- 



tatum ; tarsi fulvi; alae nigricante cinereae. 

 Male. — Black. Head and thorax rather largely and thickly 



