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  JAMES 
  WATERSTON. 
  — 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCIDOIDEA. 
  — 
  I. 
  

  

  surface 
  punctate 
  (or, 
  with 
  good 
  illumination, 
  punctate 
  reticulate, 
  the 
  points 
  being 
  

   faintly 
  connected) 
  and 
  hence 
  slightly 
  dull 
  ; 
  on 
  segments 
  3-6 
  the 
  punctured 
  area 
  

   is 
  less 
  extensive 
  (nearly 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  each 
  being 
  clear 
  and 
  shining), 
  but 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  become 
  progressively 
  coarser 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  sutures 
  between 
  the 
  segments 
  

   shining. 
  At 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  segments 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  silvery 
  bristles, 
  and 
  (except 
  

   on 
  seg. 
  1 
  and 
  medianly 
  on 
  seg. 
  2) 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  transverse 
  row 
  of 
  bristles 
  at 
  the 
  

   middle 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Legs 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  coxae, 
  the 
  trochanters 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  black 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  ferruginous 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  ; 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  femora 
  black, 
  

   save 
  for 
  a 
  small 
  apical 
  yellow 
  or 
  yellow-brown 
  spot 
  above 
  ; 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  tibiae 
  

   black, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  basal 
  yellow 
  spot 
  above, 
  the 
  apical 
  fifth 
  of 
  each 
  being 
  yellow 
  

   above 
  and 
  brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  black 
  save 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  yellowish 
  spot 
  

   occupying 
  the 
  upper 
  apical 
  fourth 
  or 
  fifth. 
  The 
  hind 
  femur 
  bears 
  nine 
  teeth, 
  4 
  near 
  

   the 
  apex 
  small, 
  a 
  fifth 
  slightly 
  larger, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  larger, 
  sub-equal, 
  eighth 
  smaller, 
  the 
  

   largest 
  of 
  all 
  being 
  at 
  one-third 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  about 
  25 
  short 
  spines 
  fringing 
  the 
  

   slanted 
  apical 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibia. 
  

  

  Length, 
  nearly 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  alar 
  expanse, 
  6-7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Southern 
  Nigeria 
  : 
  Ibadan, 
  3. 
  vii. 
  1913 
  (Br. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Lamborn). 
  

  

  Host 
  : 
  a 
  Tineid 
  moth, 
  Pyroderces 
  simplex, 
  Wlsm. 
  ; 
  a 
  single 
  <£ 
  bred 
  from 
  the 
  pupa. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Lambom's 
  collection 
  a 
  second 
  <J 
  apparently 
  belonging 
  to 
  this 
  

   species, 
  which 
  was 
  bred 
  from 
  a 
  Pyralid 
  pupa 
  (Sylepta 
  polycymalis, 
  Walk.) 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   locality, 
  but 
  both 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  wanting 
  and 
  the 
  yellow 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  

   are, 
  if 
  anything, 
  more 
  ferruginous 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  