﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCIDOIDEA. 
  — 
  I. 
  

  

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  Thorax. 
  — 
  Pronotum 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  visible 
  mesonotum, 
  much 
  produced 
  

   and 
  overlapping 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  conspicuously 
  behind 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  mid 
  anterior 
  edge 
  

   a 
  row 
  of 
  minute 
  hairs, 
  followed 
  by 
  an 
  antemedian 
  row 
  of 
  4 
  bristles 
  (the 
  2 
  central 
  

   ones 
  short) 
  and 
  2 
  strong 
  bristles 
  placed 
  post-medianly 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  overlapping 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  row 
  of 
  about 
  7 
  moderately 
  strong 
  bristles 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  small 
  oval. 
  Sternum 
  diamond-shaped. 
  Mesonotum 
  parabolic, 
  far 
  under- 
  

   lapping 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  distinct 
  and 
  broad 
  ; 
  mid 
  lobe 
  bare, 
  but 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  (just 
  on 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows) 
  are 
  3 
  bristles, 
  the 
  hindmost 
  being 
  generally 
  

   the 
  stoutest 
  ; 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  with 
  one 
  bristle 
  ; 
  axillae, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  angle 
  a 
  right 
  

   angle, 
  bearing 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  minute 
  bristles, 
  a 
  stronger 
  bristle 
  on 
  the 
  suture 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  a, 
  fore 
  leg 
  ; 
  a 
  1 
  , 
  spines 
  on 
  edge 
  of 
  fore 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4. 
  Sycoecus 
  thaumastocnema, 
  sp. 
  nov 
  

  

  tibia 
  ; 
  b, 
  mid 
  leg 
  ; 
  c, 
  hind 
  leg 
  ; 
  d, 
  trophi. 
  

  

  scutellum, 
  which 
  is 
  bare 
  medianly, 
  but 
  has 
  two 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  edge 
  ; 
  meso- 
  

   phragma 
  long. 
  Mesosternum 
  consisting 
  of 
  four 
  sclerites, 
  two 
  anterior 
  and 
  wedge- 
  

   shaped, 
  the 
  bases 
  being 
  outwards, 
  and 
  two 
  posterior, 
  quadrate 
  ; 
  the 
  wedges 
  are 
  

   bare, 
  save 
  for 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  minute 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  edge 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   quadrate 
  area 
  behind 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stout 
  short 
  bristle 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  line, 
  

   with 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  minute 
  bristles 
  (about 
  12) 
  outside, 
  while 
  posteriorly 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  median 
  

   longitudinal 
  row 
  of 
  similar 
  bristles 
  (9) 
  reaching 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  The 
  metanotum 
  

   and 
  the 
  propodaeum 
  are 
  both 
  collar-like 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  narrow 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  rounded, 
  

   oval, 
  with 
  a 
  bristle 
  in 
  front. 
  

  

  Abdomen. 
  — 
  First 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  peculiar 
  backward 
  process 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

   tergites 
  with 
  up 
  to 
  8 
  clear 
  slit-like 
  striae 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  ; 
  bare, 
  

   save 
  for 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  minute 
  hairs 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Spiracle 
  nearly 
  circular, 
  with 
  about 
  

  

  