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and bears two keels down the centre. The petiole is more 

 than twice the length of the female's, being not much 

 shorter than the rest of the abdomen ; irregularly aciculate 

 at the base. The wings are entirely hyaline, and want 

 the forked cloud found in the $. 



This species belongs to Kirby's genus Chalcurd (^Jour. 

 JLinn. Soc. Zool. XX. 30), of which only one species is 

 known, namely, Eiicharis deprivata, Walker from Ceylon. 

 It differs from the other groups of Eucharis with simple 

 apex of scutellum in having the antennae flabellate in the 

 (^, except from Rhipipallus^ which has the antennae in the 

 (J biramose. 



Found by the well-known French coleopterist M. L. 

 Bedel, at Edough in Algeria, living in the nests of 

 Mynnecoystus viaticus. For the examination of the speci- 

 mens I am indebted to Prof E. Emery of Turin, so noted 

 for his studies on ants. 



III. Two New Species of Telenomus reared jrotn Hemi- 

 pteroiis Eggs from the Amazon Valley. 



Telenomus melanogaster, sp. nov. 



Yellowish-testaceous, the vertex and abdomen black, the 

 scape of the antennae wanting the testaceous hue found on 

 thorax ; two fuscous streaks on the mesonotum ; wings 

 hyaline with a fuscous tinge ; the fringe long ; the hinder 

 femora a little infuscated in the middle. Front punctured ; 

 mesonotum finely punctured. Ocelli situated quite close to 

 the eyes. Scape elongate, nearly as long as the three followr.; 

 ing joints united ; joints 2 — 5 elongate, the third and fourth 

 longer than the second and fifth ; the sixth and following 

 joints moniliform, not half the length of the fifth ; the base 

 of abdomen striolate, sordid testaceous. Parapsidal furrows 

 absent ; scutellum subconvex, aciculate. $ , 



Length i^ millim. 



