﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCIDOIDEA 
  — 
  II. 
  

  

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  hairs, 
  and 
  (c) 
  "sensory" 
  grooves, 
  giving 
  rise 
  to 
  clear 
  narrow 
  blade-like 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   chitin. 
  Entire 
  antennae 
  dark 
  shining 
  metallic 
  green, 
  hairs 
  whitish. 
  Length, 
  -6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Mouth-parts 
  : 
  mandibles 
  (fig. 
  5, 
  b) 
  triangular, 
  bidentate, 
  outer 
  tooth 
  slightly 
  sharper 
  

   and 
  longer, 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  serrate 
  near 
  apex, 
  3-4 
  hairs 
  on 
  outside. 
  Stipes 
  

   dense 
  and 
  black 
  ; 
  one 
  hair 
  behind 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  ; 
  galea 
  with 
  about 
  seven 
  hairs, 
  

   mainly 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Both 
  palpi 
  one- 
  jointed, 
  the 
  labial 
  long, 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  

   the 
  maxillary, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  long 
  terminal 
  bristle 
  and 
  another 
  median 
  or 
  sub-basal. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  shining 
  green, 
  the 
  sternal 
  area 
  similar, 
  but 
  darker. 
  Prothorax 
  entirely 
  

   shining 
  and 
  smooth, 
  brilliant 
  green, 
  with 
  a 
  suggestion 
  of 
  blue, 
  with 
  six 
  strong 
  pale 
  

   bristles 
  (3, 
  3) 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  edge, 
  which 
  is 
  sharply 
  denned 
  ; 
  these 
  bristles 
  extend 
  

   to 
  the 
  bend 
  of 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  

   distinct 
  ; 
  mid 
  lobe 
  coarsely 
  reticulate 
  anteriorly 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  pattern 
  raised 
  

   and 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  suture, 
  the 
  sides 
  anteriorly 
  still 
  reticulate 
  but 
  not 
  raised, 
  the 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Pleurotropis 
  neavei, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  ; 
  scutellura, 
  

   metanotum 
  and 
  propodaeum. 
  

  

  reticulations 
  becoming 
  drawn 
  out 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  (i.e., 
  posteriorly). 
  On 
  each 
  side 
  

   towards 
  the 
  furrows 
  is 
  a 
  dimpled 
  or 
  depressed, 
  smooth, 
  setigerous 
  area 
  ; 
  besides 
  

   these 
  two 
  bristles 
  the 
  mid 
  lobe 
  bears 
  a 
  pair 
  anteriorly. 
  Lateral 
  lobes 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  — 
  in 
  reality 
  finely 
  reticulate, 
  but 
  not 
  with 
  raised 
  pattern 
  — 
  with 
  two 
  bristles, 
  

   one 
  before 
  the 
  axilla 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  anterior 
  angle. 
  Axillae 
  with 
  one 
  bristle, 
  

   invading 
  parapsides 
  somewhat 
  deeply, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  surface. 
  Scutellum 
  (fig. 
  1) 
  with 
  

   two 
  bristles 
  ; 
  anterior 
  median 
  area 
  smooth, 
  with 
  ridges 
  or 
  furrows 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  

   posteriorly 
  the 
  furrows 
  are 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  distinctly 
  crossed 
  by 
  transverse 
  ridges, 
  

   till 
  the 
  whole 
  hind 
  area 
  is 
  reticulate. 
  Metanotum 
  narrow, 
  mid 
  portion 
  green, 
  shining, 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  sides 
  dull 
  purplish 
  and 
  depressed. 
  Propodaeum 
  (fig. 
  1) 
  large, 
  entirely 
  smooth 
  

  

  