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



Eeneous black, longer than the thorax ; scape dark green. Pro- 

 thorax and metathorax short. Scutum of the mesothorax much 

 developed, excavated in the disk. Pectus bright green, meso- 

 pectus very large. Abdomen purplish-cupreous, bright green 

 beneath, narrower but not longer than the thorax. Sheaths of the 

 oviduct much more than twice the length of the body. Legs 

 aeneous-black ; coxse and femora green, tinged with blue and 

 purple; middle femora incrassated at the tips, which are tes- 

 taceous ; middle tibiae elongated, with a long apical spur, tes- 

 taceous at the base ; middle tarsi incrassated. Wings cinereous. 

 Fore-wings with a broad blackish stripe; veins black ; ulna much 

 shorter than the humerus, longer than the radius ; cubitus rather 

 long. 



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



Tapayos. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Var. Female. — Smaller. Head green. Thorax bluish-green, 

 with purple streaks. Wings with a narrower discal stripe. 



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



Ega. Discovered by Mr. Bates. Li the British Museum. 



This can hardly be the female of P. splendens, for the cubitus 

 forms a less acute angle with the radius, and the stigma is larger. 



Prionopelma splendens. 



Mas. — Lsete viridis ; antennse aeneo-virides, extrorsum cras- 

 siores ; thorax purpureo lineatus ; scutum non excavatum ; 

 abdomen fusiforme, disco purpurascente cupreo ; pedes vi- 

 rides, femoribus tibiisque intermediis rufis ; alee fumoso- 

 fuscae, basi cinereee. 



Male. — Bright green. Head largely punctured; grooves of 

 the front purple. Antennse aeneous-black ; scape purple, green 

 beneath ; flagellum slightly increasing in thickness outward ; club 

 elongate-conical, excavated beneath, not broader than the pre- 

 ceding joint. Thorax with purple lines along the sutures ; scu- 

 tum not concave. Abdomen fusiform, narrower and a little shorter 

 than the thorax ; disk purplish-cupreous. Legs bright green ; 

 tarsi black ; middle femora and middle tibiae red, the latter with 

 black tips. Wings smoky-brown, cinereous towards the base ; 

 veins brown ; stigma extremely small. 



Length of the body 4| lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Villa Nova. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



