﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  AFRICAN 
  CHALCTDOIDEA 
  — 
  II. 
  

  

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  bent 
  rather 
  abruptly 
  (as 
  seems 
  generally 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  Pleurotropis) 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  mid 
  lobe 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  apically 
  a 
  little 
  emarginate. 
  Scutellum 
  (fig. 
  13) 
  nowhere 
  

   smooth, 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  sculpture 
  and 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  

   sides 
  dull 
  purplish. 
  Dorsal 
  surface 
  of 
  metanotum 
  obscurely 
  reticulate 
  and 
  gleaming, 
  

   sunken 
  side 
  areas 
  shining 
  more 
  brightly 
  ; 
  colour 
  green. 
  Propodaeum 
  (fig. 
  13) 
  with 
  the 
  

   central 
  keels 
  basally 
  contiguous, 
  distally 
  widely 
  divergent 
  and 
  running 
  not 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  posterior 
  neck 
  or 
  peduncle 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  attached, 
  but 
  to 
  points 
  on 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  upturned 
  edge, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  postero-lateral 
  angle. 
  Neck 
  with 
  no 
  

   depressions 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  sending 
  back 
  a 
  narrow 
  keel 
  towards 
  the 
  narrowing 
  mid 
  

   keels 
  ; 
  lateral 
  keels 
  parallel, 
  well 
  defined. 
  Spiracular 
  area 
  large 
  (fig. 
  9, 
  h). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  13. 
  Pleurotropis 
  illustris, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  ; 
  

   scutellum, 
  metanotum 
  and 
  propodaeum. 
  

  

  Wings 
  : 
  marginal 
  vein 
  with 
  about 
  25 
  fringing 
  bristles, 
  very 
  long, 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  submarginal. 
  

  

  Legs 
  : 
  all 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  dark 
  metallic 
  green 
  ; 
  trochanters 
  non-metallic, 
  paler 
  ; 
  

   all 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  except 
  the 
  apical 
  one-fifth 
  or 
  one-sixth, 
  dark 
  and 
  metallic 
  ; 
  tips 
  of 
  

   fore 
  tibiae 
  brown, 
  non-metallic 
  ; 
  tips 
  of 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  white 
  ; 
  fore 
  tarsus 
  brown, 
  

   the 
  last 
  joint 
  darker 
  ; 
  hind 
  and 
  mid 
  tarsi 
  white, 
  except 
  the 
  last 
  joint, 
  which 
  is 
  

   blackish 
  brown. 
  

  

  