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



punctured. Head small, not near so broad as the thorax. An- 

 tennae thick, shorter than the breadth of the head. Thorax with 

 a tawny stripe along each side. Prothorax extremely short. 

 Scutum very broad ; sutures of the parapsides quite obsolete : 

 scutellum bidentate at the tip. Abdomen smooth, much shorter 

 but not broader than the thorax. Knees and tarsi tawny. Wings 

 blackish-cinereous, cinereous towards the base ; veins black ; ulna 

 thick, about one-third of the length of the humerus, more than 

 twice the length of the radius; cubitus very short; stigma furcate. 

 Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 

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

 Museum. 



Genus Eucharis. 

 Eucharis smaragdina, 

 iVifls.^Aured-viridis ; antennae nigrae, setaceae, basi rufescentes ; 

 thorax gibbosus; prothorax brevissimus; parapsidum suturae 

 indistinctse ; metathorax bene determinatus; petiolus cupreus, 

 gracillimus, thorace vix brevior ; abdomen cupreum, parvum, 

 longi-ovatum ; pedes rufescentes ; alae fuscescente cinereae. 



Male. — Golden green. Head very short, thinly and minutely 

 punctured, narrower than the thorax. Antennae black, setaceous, 

 much longer than the thorax ; scape reddish, very short. Thorax 

 rather gibbous, largely punctured. Prothorax extremely short. 

 Scutum with an indistinct longitudinal furrow ; sutures of the 

 parapsides indistinct ; scutellum prominent and vertical hindward. 

 Metathorax well developed. Petiole cupreous, linear, very 

 slender, nearly as long as the abdomen. Abdomen smooth, 

 cupreous, compressed, elongate oval, keeled beneath, much 

 shorter than the thorax and not half its breadth, forming a slightly 

 obtuse angle with the petiole. Legs reddish; coxae green. Wings 

 brownish-cinereous ; veins black ; ulna as long as the humerus, 

 nearly twice the length of the radius ; cubitus extremely short. 



Length of the body 4g lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



Tasmania. Discovered by Mr. Allport. In the British 

 Museum. 



Eucharis piceicornis^ 



Mas. — Obscure viridis, cupreo varia ; antennae piceae, setaceae, 

 basi rufescentes ; petiolus cupreus, longissimus, abdomine 

 paullo longior ; abdomen cupreum, altum, breve ; pedes 

 rufescentes ; alae angustae, fuscescente cinereae. 



Male. — Dark green, varied with cupreous, in structure like the 

 preceding species. Antennae piceous, setaceous, much longer 

 than the thorax ; scape reddish. Petiole cupreous, linear, very 



