388 Mr. F. Walker's Notes on Chnlcidites, 



conical, well developed. Scutum narrow; sutures of the parap- 

 sides very conspicuous ; scutellura small ; metathorax very much 

 developed. Petiole slender, linear, as long as the metathorax. 

 Abdomen smooth, deep, fusiform, slightly compressed, very 

 much longer than the thorax, of the usual structure. Oviduct 

 very long. Legs simple ; hind-coxae very long. Wings unspotted ; 

 ulna much shorter than the humerus and than the radius ; cubitus 

 short ; stigma small. 



This genus is most nearly allied to PaJmon and to Callhnome. 

 It differs from the former by the filiform antennas and by the 

 slender hind-femora, and from the latter by the long petiole of the 

 abdonien. 



Ecdamua macrotelus. 

 Fcem. — Lsete cyaneo-viridis aut aurato-viridis, purpureo varia ; 

 antennae nigrae, basi fulvse ; abdomen subtus fulvum; ovi- 

 ductus corpore triple aut quadruple longior ; pedes albidi ; 

 femora cyaneo varia ; tibiae posticae apice nigricantes ; alse 

 sub-cinereae, apice nigricante cinereae. 



Female. — Bright bluish-green, or golden green, varied with 

 purple. Antennae black; scape tawny. Abdomen tawny 

 beneath. Oviduct from three to four times the length of the 

 body. Legs whitish ; anterior femora striped with blue; coxae 

 and hind-femora blue, varied with purple ; hind-tibiae blackish 

 towards the tips. Wings slightly cinereous, blackish-cinereous at 

 the tips; veins black. 



Length of the body 2| — 3 lines; of the wings 4| — 5 lines. 



Sierra Leone. Discovered by Mr. Foxcroft. Natal. Discovered 

 by M. Gueinzius. In the British Museum. 



The West African specimen is golden green, and is a little 

 smaller, and apparently has a longer oviduct than the South 

 African specimen. 



Genus Pteromalus. 



Pteromalus allifrons. 

 Fcem. — jEneus, brevis, latus; caput thorace paullo latius ; frons 

 magna ; antennae piceae, clavatae, basi fulvae ; abdomen 

 ovatum, planum, thorace paullo brevius et latius ; pedes 

 rufescentes, breves, validi ; alae latae, hyalinae, venis fuscis, 

 stigmate sat magno. 



Female. — ^Eneous, short, broad. Head and thorax minutely 

 punctured. Head a little broader than the thorax ; face very 

 deep. Antennae piceous, clavate, about as long as the breadth of 



