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  IDENTIFICATION 
  OF 
  SOME 
  FIG 
  INSECTS 
  (HYMENOPTERA) 
  FROM 
  THE 
  

   BRITISH 
  MUSEUM 
  (NATURAL 
  HISTORY). 
  

  

  By 
  Prof. 
  Guido 
  Grandi, 
  

   Porlici, 
  Italy. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  my 
  friend 
  Dr. 
  James 
  Waterston, 
  the 
  Authorities 
  of 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  have 
  sent 
  me 
  for 
  examination 
  a 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  preparations 
  

   containing 
  some 
  fig 
  insects 
  from 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  

   material, 
  Otitesella 
  digitata, 
  Westw., 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  studied 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  

   a 
  recent 
  paper 
  ;* 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  dealt 
  with 
  below. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Blastophaga 
  quadraticeps, 
  Mayr, 
  Q 
  : 
  1, 
  head 
  from 
  in 
  front, 
  without 
  antennae 
  or 
  

   mandibles 
  ; 
  2, 
  antenna 
  ; 
  3, 
  ventral 
  aspect 
  of 
  mandible 
  ; 
  4, 
  first 
  maxilla 
  ; 
  5, 
  wings 
  ; 
  6, 
  marginal 
  

   vein 
  and 
  radius 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  ; 
  7, 
  proximal 
  portion 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  ; 
  8, 
  external 
  view 
  of 
  fore 
  leg, 
  

   without 
  coxa 
  ; 
  9, 
  middle 
  leg 
  ; 
  10, 
  distal 
  extremity 
  of 
  tibia 
  of 
  middle 
  leg 
  ; 
  11, 
  hind 
  leg 
  from 
  

   inner 
  aspect 
  ; 
  12, 
  distal 
  portion 
  of 
  femur 
  and 
  tibia 
  of 
  hind 
  leg, 
  showing 
  the 
  special 
  coadaptation 
  ; 
  

   13, 
  external 
  view 
  of 
  distal 
  portion 
  of 
  hind 
  tibia, 
  showing 
  subapical 
  dentate 
  process. 
  

  

  * 
  Grandi, 
  G. 
  — 
  Ricostruzione 
  e 
  morfologia 
  comparata 
  dei 
  generi 
  Otitesella, 
  Westw., 
  Sycobiella, 
  

   Westw., 
  ed 
  affini— 
  Boll. 
  Lab. 
  Zool., 
  Portici, 
  xvi, 
  15 
  Aprile 
  1922, 
  pp. 
  1-58, 
  21 
  figs. 
  {v. 
  pp. 
  18-21, 
  

   figs, 
  i 
  and 
  ii). 
  

  

  