﻿NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CHALCIDOIDEA 
  FROM 
  CEYLON. 
  

  

  331 
  

  

  sinuated 
  ; 
  three 
  longer 
  bristles 
  near 
  the 
  outer 
  edge, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   outer 
  edge 
  rather 
  deeply 
  concave 
  near 
  the 
  broad 
  base. 
  As 
  in 
  Chrysocharis, 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  (maxillary 
  and 
  labial) 
  bear 
  one 
  stout 
  apical 
  bristle 
  and 
  another 
  nearer 
  the 
  

   base, 
  one 
  bristle 
  between 
  the 
  labial 
  palpi, 
  and 
  one 
  behind 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpus 
  near 
  

   the 
  edge. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  (fig. 
  3, 
  a) 
  remarkably 
  compressed, 
  with 
  seven 
  apparent 
  joinfcs, 
  in 
  reality 
  

   eight, 
  the 
  ring 
  joint 
  concealed. 
  Scape 
  triangular, 
  expanded 
  distally, 
  two-and-a-half 
  

   times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  and 
  almost 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  pedicel 
  and 
  first 
  three 
  funicular 
  joints. 
  

   All 
  the 
  bristles 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  stout, 
  and 
  in 
  particular 
  the 
  pair 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  distal 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Closteroceras 
  insignis, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  $ 
  ; 
  a, 
  antenna 
  ; 
  a., 
  concealed 
  ring 
  joint 
  ; 
  b, 
  mandible 
  ,-. 
  

  

  c, 
  Irons 
  ; 
  d, 
  wing 
  ; 
  e, 
  hairs 
  inside 
  base 
  of 
  radius 
  ; 
  /, 
  hairs 
  from 
  darker 
  band 
  ; 
  g, 
  hyaline 
  

  

  hair 
  from 
  clear 
  area 
  ; 
  h, 
  hair 
  from 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  dark 
  band 
  ; 
  i, 
  hind 
  tarsus 
  ; 
  j, 
  antenna 
  

  

  of 
  Closterocerus 
  trifasciatus, 
  Westw., 
  $. 
  

  

  angle 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  are 
  almost 
  spine-like. 
  On 
  its 
  upper 
  half 
  the 
  scape 
  is 
  moderately 
  

   thick, 
  but 
  below 
  this 
  it 
  is 
  drawn 
  out 
  into 
  a 
  long 
  edge. 
  Pedicel 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  

   with 
  convex 
  sides 
  ; 
  no 
  sensoria. 
  No 
  definite 
  club, 
  all 
  the 
  funicular 
  joints, 
  save^ 
  

   the 
  last, 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  considerably 
  flattened, 
  with 
  sharp 
  edges 
  ; 
  only 
  simple, 
  

   strong 
  bristles 
  and 
  narrow, 
  oval 
  or 
  more 
  elongate 
  sensoria 
  present 
  ; 
  last 
  joint 
  

   pear-shaped, 
  with 
  long 
  terminal 
  style. 
  

  

  