﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCIDOIDEA 
  — 
  II. 
  

  

  349 
  

  

  Wings 
  : 
  fore 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  marginal 
  long, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   submarginal 
  ; 
  radius 
  nearly 
  sessile, 
  with 
  four 
  cells, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  post-marginal. 
  

   Length, 
  1*2 
  mm. 
  ; 
  breadth, 
  *6 
  mm. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  cilia 
  rather 
  long. 
  Length, 
  1 
  mm. 
  ; 
  

   breadth, 
  2'5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Legs 
  : 
  fore 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  coxae 
  triangular, 
  moderately 
  swollen, 
  reflexed 
  apically 
  

   on 
  outside 
  ; 
  femur 
  slightly 
  swollen, 
  with 
  10-12 
  ventral 
  bristles, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  last 
  

   (subapical) 
  is 
  longest 
  ; 
  tibia 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  femur, 
  with 
  two 
  apical 
  ventral 
  spurs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   first 
  three 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  tarsus 
  subequal, 
  the 
  last 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  claw 
  double 
  its 
  predecessors 
  

   (see 
  table 
  below). 
  Entire 
  leg 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  tibia 
  black, 
  with 
  metallic 
  green 
  

   reflections, 
  apex 
  paler, 
  non-metallic 
  ; 
  in 
  cleared 
  preparations 
  the 
  knees 
  are 
  also 
  

   narrowly 
  pale, 
  but 
  this 
  cannot 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  carded 
  examples; 
  first 
  three 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  

   pale, 
  fourth 
  darker, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  tip. 
  Mid 
  legs 
  slender, 
  coxae 
  with 
  no 
  

   apical 
  reflection 
  ; 
  femur 
  with 
  three 
  basal 
  ventral 
  bristles, 
  bare 
  thence 
  till 
  near 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  long 
  bristle 
  above 
  the 
  ventral 
  edge 
  ; 
  tibia 
  longer 
  than 
  

   femur, 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  apical 
  ventral 
  flat 
  spine, 
  which 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  tarsal 
  

   joint. 
  Mid 
  leg 
  coloured 
  like 
  the 
  first, 
  but 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  femur 
  is 
  more 
  extensively 
  

   pale, 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  tibia 
  also. 
  Hind 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  coxae 
  large, 
  swollen 
  ; 
  femur 
  

   equal 
  to 
  the 
  tibia, 
  with 
  about 
  eight 
  very 
  short 
  ventral 
  bristles 
  and 
  one 
  long 
  subapical 
  ; 
  

   apical 
  bristle 
  of 
  tibia 
  stout, 
  the 
  extreme 
  tip 
  dark, 
  nearly 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  first 
  

   tarsal 
  joint. 
  

  

  Proportions 
  of 
  Tarsal 
  Joints. 
  

  

  

  i. 
  

  

  ii. 
  

  

  iii. 
  

  

  iv. 
  

  

  Fore 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  Mid 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  Hind 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  - 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  Measurements 
  made 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  joint 
  along 
  dorsal 
  edge 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  succeeding 
  

   joint. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  petiole 
  moderate, 
  with 
  lateral 
  keels 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  the 
  surface 
  

   punctate 
  and 
  dull 
  purplish. 
  First 
  tergite 
  occupying 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   visible 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  shining 
  blue 
  green 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  edge 
  and 
  

   elsewhere, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  postero-median 
  half, 
  which 
  is 
  dull 
  purple 
  and 
  coarsely 
  

   reticulate. 
  The 
  remaining 
  tergites 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  dull 
  purple 
  lustre 
  except 
  before 
  

   the 
  suture, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  shining 
  blue 
  green. 
  Abdomen 
  generally 
  depressed 
  above 
  

   slightly 
  carinate 
  below, 
  basally 
  ovate 
  and 
  terminally 
  pointed. 
  Ovipositor 
  not 
  

   projecting 
  ; 
  free 
  portion 
  of 
  sheath 
  one-tenth 
  of 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  first 
  tergite 
  is 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  bare, 
  but 
  behind 
  it 
  the 
  segments 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  soft 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  set 
  

   mainly 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  median 
  posteriorly 
  contracting 
  glabrous 
  area. 
  

  

  Length, 
  1*62 
  mm. 
  ; 
  alar 
  expanse, 
  nearly 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  cJ. 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  describe 
  this 
  sex 
  in 
  detail, 
  as 
  only 
  fragments 
  of 
  one 
  specimen 
  

   are 
  available. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  smaller 
  and 
  stouter 
  in 
  build, 
  with 
  a 
  bronzy 
  tint 
  over 
  

   the 
  prevailing 
  metallic 
  green. 
  Antennae 
  barely 
  "6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  scape 
  shorter 
  and 
  more 
  

  

  