402 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



PODAGRION MELLEUS (WestWOOd). 



Palmon melleus Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, IV., 1847, p. 260. 

 Podagrion melleus Walker, Notes on Chalc, Pt. 2, 1871, p. 28. — Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 369. 



Brazil. 



Host. Orthop. : eggs of Mantis brasiliana L. 



Podagrion cyaneus, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length about 3 mm. Blue (sometimes bronzed green above) ; the 

 antennae, except the club which is black, the legs, except the coxee basally and the 

 front and hind femora at basal two thirds which are blue, the abdomen along 

 the venter and at apex, are yellowish. Wings hyaline, the tegulse yellow, the veins 

 light brown. The flagellum is long, strongly clavate, while the swollen hind femora 

 are armed with from ten to twelve teeth. 



Brazil : Santarem. One specimen. 



Differs from P. brasiliensis Howard in color and by the more numerous teeth on 

 the hind femora. 



Family LXII. CHALCIDIDtE. 



Subfamily I. Leucospidin^e. 



Genus POLISTOMORPHA Westwood. 



POLISTOMORPHA PASCIATA WestWOod. 



Polistomorpha fasciata Westwood, Thes. Ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 134 ; PI. XXV., f 3. — 

 Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 405. 

 Brazil : Amazon. 



POLISTOMORPHA SPHEGOIDES Walker. 



Polistomorpha sphegoides Walker, Journ. Ent., I., 1860-61, p. 22. — Westwood, Thes. 

 Ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 134 ; PI. XXV., fig. 1.— Schletterer, Berhn. ent. Zeitschr., 

 XXV., 1890, p. 297.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 405. 

 Brazil. 



POLISTOMORPHA StTRINAMENSIS WestwOOd. 



Polistomorpha surinamensis Westwood, Germar, Zeitsch. f. Entom., L, 1839, p. 265, 

 9.— Westwood, Thes. Ent. Oxon, 1874, p. 133; PL XXV., f 2.— Schletterer, 

 Berlin, ent. Zeitschr., XXV., 1890, p. 295.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 

 1898, p. 405. 

 Brazil : Surinam. 



