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  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCIDOIDEA 
  — 
  II, 
  

  

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  Thorax 
  with 
  the 
  pronotum 
  gleaming 
  posteriorly, 
  anterior 
  half 
  reticulated 
  and 
  dull, 
  

   hairs 
  dark. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  the 
  mid 
  lobe 
  reticulate, 
  the 
  pattern 
  being 
  drawn 
  out 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  rather 
  deep, 
  no 
  depressed 
  differently 
  sculptured 
  

   side 
  areas 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  lobe, 
  but 
  in 
  their 
  place, 
  almost 
  on 
  the 
  furrows, 
  a 
  rather 
  

   deep, 
  elongate 
  fovea 
  ; 
  apex 
  distinctly 
  emarginate 
  ; 
  parapsides 
  striate, 
  reticulate. 
  Axillae 
  

   and 
  side 
  of 
  scutellum 
  not 
  dull, 
  but 
  reticulate 
  and 
  gleaming 
  like 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  thoracic 
  

   surface. 
  Scutellum 
  (fig. 
  12) 
  smooth 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  third 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   with 
  about 
  four 
  longitudinal 
  ridges 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  between 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  practically 
  

   no 
  transverse 
  striae. 
  Propodaeum 
  (fig. 
  12) 
  broad, 
  very 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  black. 
  

   Central 
  keels 
  distally 
  wide 
  apart, 
  containing 
  a 
  well 
  defined 
  central 
  ridge 
  and 
  traces 
  

   of 
  two 
  others. 
  Depressions 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  small, 
  the 
  knob 
  itself 
  broad 
  and 
  

   gleaming. 
  Lateral 
  keels 
  delicate, 
  difficult 
  to 
  see 
  from 
  above 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  fine 
  

   edge 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  colour 
  of 
  their 
  surroundings. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  petiole 
  broad 
  and 
  stout 
  ; 
  first 
  tergite 
  covering 
  more 
  than 
  one- 
  

   half, 
  the 
  disc 
  finely 
  reticulate, 
  in 
  most 
  lights 
  punctate, 
  gleaming, 
  sutural 
  margin 
  

   broad. 
  The 
  following 
  tergites, 
  like 
  the 
  first, 
  show 
  a 
  broad 
  smooth 
  shining 
  suture 
  

   with 
  a 
  narrow 
  dull 
  punctate 
  band 
  in 
  front. 
  Kows 
  of 
  hairs 
  on 
  tergites 
  2-5 
  continuous 
  

   and 
  not 
  medianly 
  interrupted. 
  

  

  Wings 
  : 
  fore 
  wings 
  very 
  truncate 
  apically 
  ; 
  submarginal 
  half 
  the 
  marginal, 
  

   radius 
  almost 
  sessile, 
  with 
  four 
  cells. 
  Length, 
  1 
  mm. 
  ; 
  breadth, 
  .52 
  mm. 
  Hind 
  

   wings, 
  length, 
  *85 
  ; 
  breadth, 
  -25. 
  

  

  Legs 
  generally 
  heavier 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species, 
  the 
  coxae 
  especially 
  being 
  more 
  

   swollen 
  and 
  proportionally 
  larger. 
  All 
  are 
  black 
  to 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  any 
  

   paleness 
  of 
  the 
  knees 
  demonstrable 
  only 
  in 
  cleared 
  specimens. 
  Fore 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  

   last 
  (pre-apical) 
  bristle 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  row 
  long 
  and 
  stout, 
  not 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  others 
  

   of 
  the 
  row, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  P. 
  neavei 
  ; 
  fourth 
  tarsal 
  joint 
  two 
  and 
  one-third 
  times 
  joint 
  

   3, 
  entirely 
  darkened 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  pale, 
  though 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  are 
  slightly 
  

   infuscated. 
  Mid 
  legs 
  with 
  even 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  femur 
  dark 
  ; 
  apical 
  spur 
  reaching 
  

   middle 
  of 
  tarsal 
  joint. 
  Hind 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  tibia 
  considerably 
  flattened 
  ; 
  apical 
  bristle 
  

   very 
  stout, 
  dark 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  tarsal 
  joints. 
  

  

  Proportions 
  of 
  Tarsal 
  Joints. 
  

  

  

  i. 
  

  

  ii. 
  

  

  iii. 
  

  

  iv. 
  

  

  Fore 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  Mid 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  Hind 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  Length, 
  T27 
  mm. 
  ; 
  alar 
  expanse, 
  2-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  cJ. 
  — 
  Very 
  different 
  in 
  colour 
  from 
  the 
  J, 
  being 
  bright 
  cupreous 
  or 
  bronzy 
  all 
  over. 
  

   The 
  metallic 
  green 
  on 
  the 
  antennae 
  is 
  thus 
  masked, 
  but 
  it 
  reappears 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  with 
  the 
  funicular 
  joints 
  not 
  broadened 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  all 
  practically 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  diameter. 
  Scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  reticulate 
  pattern 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  area 
  and 
  

  

  