﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCIDOIDEA 
  — 
  II. 
  

  

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  Wings 
  : 
  fore 
  wings, 
  length, 
  1*15 
  mm. 
  ; 
  breadth, 
  '55 
  mm. 
  Hind 
  wings, 
  length, 
  1 
  mm.; 
  

   breadth, 
  '25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  : 
  mid 
  lobe 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  more 
  finely 
  reticulate, 
  with 
  foveolae 
  before 
  the 
  

   suture, 
  the 
  reticulation 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  not 
  drawn 
  out 
  into 
  ridges. 
  Mid 
  anterior 
  area 
  of 
  

   scutellum 
  (fig. 
  10) 
  finely 
  reticulate, 
  but 
  hardly 
  at 
  all 
  raised 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  anteriorly 
  the 
  

   cells 
  of 
  the 
  network 
  are 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  but 
  the 
  ridges 
  are 
  neither 
  so 
  continuous 
  nor 
  

   so 
  raised 
  as 
  in 
  nigripes. 
  Posteriorly 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  reticulate, 
  while 
  in 
  nigripes 
  the 
  

   smooth 
  area 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  metanotum. 
  Propodaeum 
  (fig. 
  10) 
  with 
  the 
  median 
  keels 
  

  

  Fig. 
  9. 
  Pleurae 
  of 
  the 
  propodaeum 
  of 
  : 
  — 
  a, 
  Pleurotropis 
  

   neavei 
  ; 
  b, 
  P. 
  clinognathus 
  ; 
  c, 
  P. 
  nigripes 
  ; 
  d, 
  P. 
  amaurocoela 
  ; 
  

   e, 
  P. 
  homoea 
  ; 
  /, 
  P. 
  mediopunctata 
  ; 
  g, 
  P. 
  africana 
  ; 
  h, 
  P. 
  

   illustris. 
  

  

  closer 
  and 
  the 
  excavation 
  before 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  pitted 
  and 
  dull, 
  not 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shining 
  as 
  in 
  nigripes. 
  In 
  nigripes 
  the 
  areas 
  enclosed 
  between 
  the 
  lateral 
  and 
  the 
  

   median 
  keels 
  are 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  metallic 
  green 
  ; 
  in 
  homoea 
  the 
  corresponding 
  areas 
  

   are 
  much 
  darker, 
  gleaming, 
  obscurely 
  reticulate 
  (though 
  not 
  raised), 
  and 
  next 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  irregular 
  foveolae 
  which 
  further 
  darken 
  the 
  edge. 
  

  

  